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High resolution Fourier transform mass spectrometry (HRFTMS) and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy were employed as complementary metabolomic tools to dereplicate the chemical profile of the new and antitrypanosomally active sponge-associated bacterium Actinokineospora sp. EG49 extract. Principal Component (PCA), hierarchical clustering (HCA), and orthogonal partial least square-discriminant analysis (OPLS-DA) were used to evaluate the HRFTMS and NMR data of crude extracts from four different fermentation approaches. Statistical analysis identified the best culture one-strain-many-compounds (OSMAC) condition and extraction procedure, which was used for the isolation of novel bioactive metabolites. As a result, two new O-glycosylated angucyclines, named actinosporins A (1) and B (2), were isolated from the broth culture of Actinokineospora sp. strain EG49, which was cultivated from the Red Sea sponge Spheciospongia vagabunda. The structures of actinosporins A and B were determined by 1D- and 2D-NMR techniques, as well as high resolution tandem mass spectrometry. Testing for antiparasitic properties showed that actinosporin A exhibited activity against Trypanosoma brucei brucei with an IC₅₀ value of 15 µM; however no activity was detected against Leishmania major and Plasmodium falciparum, therefore suggesting its selectivity against the parasite Trypanosoma brucei brucei; the causative agent of sleeping sickness.
The diversity of actinomycetes associated with marine sponges collected off Fsar Reef (Saudi Arabia) was investigated in the present study. Forty-seven actinomycetes were cultivated and phylogenetically identified based on 16S rRNA gene sequencing and were assigned to 10 different actinomycete genera. Eight putatively novel species belonging to genera Kocuria, Mycobacterium, Nocardia, and Rhodococcus were identified based on sequence similarity values below 98.2% to other 16S rRNA gene sequences available in the NCBI database. PCR-based screening for biosynthetic genes including type I and type II polyketide synthases (PKS-I, PKS-II) as well as nonribosomal peptide synthetases (NRPS) showed that 20 actinomycete isolates encoded each at least one type of biosynthetic gene. The organic extracts of nine isolates displayed bioactivity against at least one of the test pathogens, which were Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria, fungi, human parasites, as well as in a West Nile Virus protease enzymatic assay. These results emphasize that marine sponges are a prolific resource for novel bioactive actinomycetes with potential for drug discovery.
Die vorliegende Arbeit wurde im Rahmen eines interdisziplinären Forschungsprojektes der Universitätsklinik Würzburg verfasst (IZKF-Studiennr. F-164, CFCW-Projekt).
Ziel dieser Arbeit war es, explorativ zu untersuchen, inwieweit ein Lagerungsplagiozephalus (LP) die sprachlich-kognitive und motorische Entwicklung eines Säuglings/ Kindes beeinflusst und ob es Hinweise auf eine Auswirkung der Dauer der Therapie mittels Kopforthese auf die frühkindliche Entwicklung gibt. Sie liefert erstmalig Untersuchungsdaten zur vorsprachlichen und frühen sprachlichen Entwicklung von Säuglingen mit LP.
Das Probandenkollektiv bestand aus 71 Probanden (Plagiozephalus mit Helmtherapie (PMH)-Gruppe: N=36, Kontrollgruppe (KG): N=35). Im Alter von zwölf Monaten wurde die Sprachleistung aller Probanden mithilfe des ELFRA-1 eingeschätzt. Zudem wurden die Ergebnisse der deutschen Fassung der BSID II vom sechsten und zwölften Lebensmonat herangezogen. Um den Effekt der Helmtherapie auf die Entwicklung der Kinder mit LP zu berücksichtigen, fand eine Korrelation zwischen der Tragedauer und sprachproduktiven, sprachperzeptiven, gestischen, (fein-)motorischen und kognitiven Leistungen der Probanden statt. Ein maskierender Einfluss des Co-Faktors SLI-Risiko auf die Befunde konnte ausgeschlossen werden.
Zusammengefasst zeigen die hier untersuchten Säuglinge mit LP im Alter von sechs Monaten statistisch gerade signifikant schlechtere motorische Fähigkeiten als Säuglinge mit normaler Kopfform. Im Alter von zwölf Monaten holen sie diese Defizite jedoch auf und sind teilweise sogar motorisch geschickter als die Vergleichsgruppe. Die kognitive Entwicklung von Kindern mit LP scheint nicht verzögert zu sein, wie in der Fachliteratur postuliert.
In den Analysen zeigte sich kein signifikanter Zusammenhang zwischen der Helmtragedauer und den sprachlichen (ELFRA-1) und kognitiven (BSID: MDI 12 Monate) Fähigkeiten der Probanden mit LP. Die motorischen Fähigkeiten (BSID: PDI 12 Monate) zeigten einen statistisch signifikanten Zusammenhang zur Tragedauer der Kopforthese. Je länger der Helm getragen wurde, desto besser fielen die motorischen Leistungen der Probanden im Alter von zwölf Monaten aus.
Zusätzlich wurden Vokalisationen einer Untergruppe (High-Contrast-Gruppe (HC), N=20) im Hinblick auf melodische Variationsfähigkeiten im sechsten Lebensmonat untersucht. Dazu wurden die digitalen Lautaufnahmen im Säuglingslabor des ZVES an der Poliklinik für Kieferorthopädie editiert und mithilfe spezifischer Analyseprogramme quantitativ analysiert. Die Säuglinge mit LP wiesen genauso variantenreiche Melodien in ihren Vokalisationen auf wie die Säuglinge der Kontrollgruppe. Spätere Sprachauffälligkeiten würden sich bereits in diesen vorsprachlichen Fähigkeiten manifestieren.
Auch wenn zukünftige Studien bestätigen, dass ein LP – entgegen den Erkenntnissen anderer Autoren (Korpilahti et al. 2012, Speltz et al. 2010 u.a.) – keine kognitiven Beeinträchtigungen zur Folge hat, ist die Therapie dieser Schädelasymmetrie auf psychosozialer Ebene und wegen möglicher Auswirkungen auf das maxillomandibuläre System zu befürworten (Meyer-Marcotty et al. 2012).
Die vorliegende Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit der Rolle der gestielten Lappen, am Beispiel des Acromiopectoral- und Pectoralis-Major-Lappens, in der modernen
Mund-, Kiefer-, Gesichtschirurgie in einer Ära, in der mikrochirurgisch revaskularisierten, freien Transplantaten meist der Vorzug gegeben wird.
Insbesondere wird auf die Einheilung und Resensibilisierung des Acromiopectoral- und Pectoralis-Major-Lappens in der Empfängerregion des Kopf-/Halsbereiches eingegangen. Es wurde die Lebensqualität der Patienten anhand von verschiedenen Parametern wie Nahrungsaufnahme, Sprachvermögen, Beschwerden und Ästhetik beurteilt.
Des Weiteren wurde die objektive und subjektive Morbidität der Spenderregion untersucht. Es wurde geprüft, inwieweit die Entnahme der Lappen die Funktion, die Sensibilität und die Ästhetik des Schulter- und Brustbereiches beeinflussen.
Anhand einer retrospektiven Datenauswertung von 30 Patienten werden die Unterschiede in den Indikationsbereichen, Komplikationsraten und Einheilraten der beiden Lappen im Zeitraum von 2000 bis 2010 aufgezeigt.
Merkel Cell Carcinoma (MCC) is a rare and highly aggressive neuroendocrine skin cancer for which no effective treatment is available. MCC represents a human cancer with the best experimental evidence for a causal role of a polyoma virus. Large T antigens (LTA) encoded by polyoma viruses are oncoproteins, which are thought to require support of cellular heat shock protein 70 (HSP70) to exert their transforming activity. Here we evaluated the capability of MAL3-101, a synthetic HSP70 inhibitor, to limit proliferation and survival of various MCC cell lines. Remarkably, MAL3-101 treatment resulted in considerable apoptosis in 5 out of 7 MCC cell lines. While this effect was not associated with the viral status of the MCC cells, quantitative mRNA expression analysis of the known HSP70 isoforms revealed a significant correlation between MAL3-101 sensitivity and HSC70 expression, the most prominent isoform in all cell lines. Moreover, MAL3-101 also exhibited in vivo antitumor activity in an MCC xenograft model suggesting that this substance or related compounds are potential therapeutics for the treatment of MCC in the future.
Virotherapy on the basis of oncolytic vaccinia virus (VACV) infection is a promising approach for cancer therapy. In this study we describe the establishment of a new preclinical model of feline mammary carcinoma (FMC) using a recently established cancer cell line, DT09/06. In addition, we evaluated a recombinant vaccinia virus strain, GLV-5b451, expressing the anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) single-chain antibody (scAb) GLAF-2 as an oncolytic agent against FMC. Cell culture data demonstrate that GLV-5b451 virus efficiently infected, replicated in and destroyed DT09/06 cancer cells. In the selected xenografts of FMC, a single systemic administration of GLV-5b451 led to significant inhibition of tumor growth in comparison to untreated tumor-bearing mice. Furthermore, tumor-specific virus infection led to overproduction of functional scAb GLAF-2, which caused drastic reduction of intratumoral VEGF levels and inhibition of angiogenesis.
In summary, here we have shown, for the first time, that the vaccinia virus strains and especially GLV-5b451 have great potential for effective treatment of FMC in animal model.
Spatially restricting cAMP production to discrete subcellular locations permits selective regulation of specific functional responses. But exactly where and how cAMP signaling is confined is not fully understood. Different receptors and adenylyl cyclase isoforms responsible for cAMP production are not uniformly distributed between lipid raft and non-lipid raft domains of the plasma membrane. We sought to determine the role that these membrane domains play in organizing cAMP responses in HEK293 cells. The freely diffusible FRET-based biosensor Epac2-camps was used to measure global cAMP responses, while versions of the probe targeted to lipid raft (Epac2-MyrPalm) and non-raft (Epac2-CAAX) domains were used to monitor local cAMP production near the plasma membrane. Disruption of lipid rafts by cholesterol depletion selectively altered cAMP responses produced by raft-associated receptors. The results indicate that receptors associated with lipid raft as well as non-lipid raft domains can contribute to global cAMP responses. In addition, basal cAMP activity was found to be significantly higher in non-raft domains. This was supported by the fact that pharmacologic inhibition of adenylyl cyclase activity reduced basal cAMP activity detected by Epac2-CAAX but not Epac2-MyrPalm or Epac2-camps. Responses detected by Epac2-CAAX were also more sensitive to direct stimulation of adenylyl cyclase activity, but less sensitive to inhibition of phosphodiesterase activity. Quantitative modeling was used to demonstrate that differences in adenylyl cyclase and phosphodiesterase activities are necessary but not sufficient to explain compartmentation of cAMP associated with different microdomains of the plasma membrane.
Assessing particle deposition in a representative in vitro model of the rat respiratory tract
(2014)
The aim of this thesis was to develop an in vitro model (IVR) of the rat lung for the purpose of investigating the deposition of drug particles in the rat airways. The model attempted to account for the affect of drug product characteristics and physiological parameters on deposition in the lungs. In addition, the model outputs were compared with in vivo lung deposition results from live rats and in silico predictions using published computer model of lung deposition in pre-clinical species.
Initial work focussed on developing an aerosol exposure system capable of dosing small rodent to a range of airborne test materials. The system consists of two main parts; a fluidised bed aerosol generator and connection of the generator output to a nose only exposure chamber capable of accommodating 12 small animals in a single layer. In addition, an aerodynamic particle spectrometer (APS) was installed for continuously measuring the size distribution and airborne concentration of aerosol particles generated in the exposure chamber. System validation showed acceptable degree of variation of the test material tested, Fluorescent Microspheres (FMS) throughout the exposure chamber (CV < 15.0%). Particle size (MMAD ± GSD) using the APS was shown to be stable throughout the exposure periods.
The IVR model developed in this project was based on a number of euthanased (n=7), female Sprague-Dawley rats (weight: 372 ± 56 g), which underwent high-resolution micro-CT scans. The physical model consisted of five sub sections; Extra-Thoracic region containing the snout and nasophyarynx, trachea-bronchial region containing the trachea, bronchi, and bronchioles. All sections of the model were attached to one another in numerical order and housed within a containment unit. At the rear end of the cast, a flexible diaphragm was attached in order to collect the fraction of inhaled particles exiting the TB section and possibly reaching the lung, referred to as the Post-TB section.
A study was conducted to assess the influence of inhalation parameters such as the breathing frequency and tidal volume on total and regional dose distribution using FMS as test material. The major finding of this study was the demonstration of the model sensitivity to changes in breathing parameters especially respiratory frequency, where the data showed increased deposition in the peripheral regions of the model with decreased respiratory frequency. Other studies assessed the effect of particle characteristics on deposition on the IVR model, such as particle size, dose increase and formulation changes.
The results assessing particle size effect showed a slightly higher deposition levels for the 4µm sized particles versus 2µm sized particles in the head region; 90.8 ± 3.6% and 88.2 ± 6.6%. However, this difference did not reach statistical significance (P> 0.05) probably due to the polydispersity of aerosolised FMS particles. In addition, the regional deposition analysis showed an increased lung peripheral deposition with the smaller particles. In addition, the model was shown to be sensitive to changes in formulation composition mediated by inclusion of MgSt.
The next stage of work was to validate the model in terms of comparison with lung deposition for in vivo rats. For lung deposition comparison, the absolute amount deposited in the IVR lung model (expressed as µg/kg) was shown to have a reasonably strong correlation with in vivo lung concentration measures (µg/kg); R2= 0.66, P < 0.05. Compounds were predicted well and within 2-folds of the measured lung deposition values. However, knowing the variability in biological systems and the multiple components required to estimate lung doses, predictions within 2-fold of the measured values would seem reasonable
In terms of comparison with in silico model predictions using MPPD, similar deposition levels were noted between the two models, particularly when the data was expressed as percentage of total particles inhaled. The data showed the highest deposition levels were noted in the head region (> 80%) and less than 5.0% deposition for the peripheral lung fractions.
With regards to using the IVR model to assess the relationship between dose, particle size and efficacy, an in vivo study using FP with different particle sizes (2.0 and 4.0 µm) but same doses ( 100 and 1000 µg/kg). This study demonstrated that exposure of rat to FP powder resulted in a dose-dependent inhibition of neutrophils in BAL fluids. However, a clear difference in neutrophils suppression was demonstrated for equivalent doses but different particle sizes of FP, where the smaller FP particles (2.0 µm) induced a greater level of neutrophils suppression in comparison with larger FP particles (4.0 µm). In addition, a reasonably good correlation for the relationship between lung deposition in the IVR model and a neutrophils suppression level was demonstrated. Furthermore this data support the hypothesis that regional deposition is an important determinant in efficacy. Therefore, this suggests that the IVR model may be a useful as a tool to describe in vivo efficacy with in vitro data. However, further studies should be conducted to evaluate the validity of this model and relationship.
The IVR model has a number of important limitations. First, the model is based on scans up to generation four of the rat respiratory tract as this represented the limits of the micro-CT scanning technology at the time of this study. Therefore deposition in the deeper region of the lung may not be reflected precisely in the IVR model. Second, the regional deposition data generated using the model tended to show an overestimation of deposition in head region and an underestimation of deposition in the peripheral regions of the lung, in comparison with in vivo lung deposition data. Third, the current model does not take into account lung clearance. However, the amount of the drug present in the in vivo lungs is dependent on numerous physiological processes such as dissolution, passive or active absorption into the systemic circulation, binding to lung tissue and mucociliary clearance. Consequently, the results generated using this IVR model for drug molecules with high lung clearance rate should be treated with some caution.
Future work extending this research could go in a number of directions. In this research, a representative model of the rat respiratory tract was constructed from analysis of imaging data from a number of euthanised Sprague-Dawley rats. This model represented the “average respiratory tract” in terms of dimensions of Sprague-Dawley rats. However, there is considerable variability in the airway dimensions between rats. This variability encompasses a number of factors such as the strains of rats, sex and age, and disease state. Thus, it may be possible to produce a small number of airway models to represent small and large rats and scaled to represent the extrathoracic and peripheral regions based on literature reports of their dimensions in different rat populations. This approach will then enable the effect of intersubject airway dimensions for different rat populations on aerosol deposition to be thoroughly examined.
In addition, due to the limitation of the micro-CT technology used to construct the physical IVR model, detailed morphology only up to generation 4 were captured. However, recent advances in MRI technology, such as the use of in situ-MRI based scanning technology have enabled rat airway morphometry to be extended to 16 airway generation. This coupled with improvements in the resolutions of rapid-prototyping process means it may be possible to construct a rat model that reflects the in vivo lung morphology more accurately, and thus enable greater understanding of the link between aerosol deposition and airway geometry.
In conclusion, a model cast of the rat lung was developed and validated to allow the deposition of inhaled particles in the rat lung to be investigated. The model may be used to estimate the lung concentration in vivo rats in preference to exposure concentration measurements based on filter samples which have been shown to be a poor indicator of the lung concentration immediately after exposure. In addition, the model has the potential to be used along with live rats in an inhalation rig in pulmonary pharmaceutics research and may facilitate in development of inhaled formulations to target specific regions within the lung as well as screening of inhaled drugs in preclinical setting.
The composition of stable-isotope labelled isotopologues/isotopomers in metabolic products can be measured by mass spectrometry and supports the analysis of pathways and fluxes. As a prerequisite, the original mass spectra have to be processed, managed and stored to rapidly calculate, analyse and compare isotopomer enrichments to study, for instance, bacterial metabolism in infection. For such applications, we provide here the database application ‘Isotopo’. This software package includes (i) a database to store and process isotopomer data, (ii) a parser to upload and translate different data formats for such data and (iii) an improved application to process and convert signal intensities from mass spectra of \(^{13}C\)-labelled metabolites such as tertbutyldimethylsilyl-derivatives of amino acids. Relative mass intensities and isotopomer distributions are calculated applying a partial least square method with iterative refinement for high precision data. The data output includes formats such as graphs for overall enrichments in amino acids. The package is user-friendly for easy and robust data management of multiple experiments.
The rapid appearance of resistant malarial parasites after introduction of atovaquone (ATQ) drug has prompted the search for new drugs as even single point mutations in the active site of Cytochrome b protein can rapidly render ATQ ineffective. The presence of Y268 mutations in the Cytochrome b (Cyt b) protein is previously suggested to be responsible for the ATQ resistance in Plasmodium falciparum (P. falciparum). In this study, we examined the resistance mechanism against ATQ in P. falciparum through computational methods. Here, we reported a reliable protein model of Cyt bc1 complex containing Cyt b and the Iron-Sulphur Protein (ISP) of P. falciparum using composite modeling method by combining threading, ab initio modeling and atomic-level structure refinement approaches. The molecular dynamics simulations suggest that Y268S mutation causes ATQ resistance by reducing hydrophobic interactions between Cyt bc1 protein complex and ATQ. Moreover, the important histidine contact of ATQ with the ISP chain is also lost due to Y268S mutation. We noticed the induced mutation alters the arrangement of active site residues in a fashion that enforces ATQ to find its new stable binding site far away from the wild-type binding pocket. The MM-PBSA calculations also shows that the binding affinity of ATQ with Cyt bc1 complex is enough to hold it at this new site that ultimately leads to the ATQ resistance.
The objective was to determine the mRNA expression and protein levels of uPA system components in tissue specimens and serum samples, respectively, from prostate cancer (PCa) patients and to assess their association with clinicopathological parameters and overall survival (OS). The mRNA expression levels of uPA, its receptor (uPAR), and its inhibitor type 1 (PAI-1) were analyzed in corresponding malignant and adjacent nonmalignant tissue specimens from 132 PCa patients by quantitative PCR. Preoperative serum samples from 81 PCa patients were analyzed for antigen levels of uPA system members by ELISA. RNA levels of uPA system components displayed significant correlations with each other in the tumor tissues. A significantly decreased uP AmRNA expression in PCa compared to the corresponding nonmalignant tissue was detected. High uPA mRNA level was significantly associated with a high Gleason score. Elevated concentration of soluble uPAR (suPAR) in serum was significantly associated with a poor OS of PCa patients (P = 0.022). PCa patients with high suPAR levels have a significantly higher risk of death (multivariate Cox's regression analysis; IIR - 7.12, P - 0.027). The association of high suPAR levels with poor survival of PCa patients suggests a prognostic impact of suPAR levels in serum of cancer patients.
Royal jelly proteins (MRJPs) of the honeybee bear several open questions. One of them is their expression in tissues other than the hypopharyngeal glands (HGs), the site of royal jelly production. The sole MRJP-like gene of the bumblebee, Bombus terrestris (BtRJPL), represents a pre-diversification stage of the MRJP gene evolution in bees. Here we investigate the expression of BtRJPL in the HGs and the brain of bumblebees. Comparison of the HGs of bumblebees and honeybees revealed striking differences in their morphology with respect to sex- and caste-specific appearance, number of cells per acinus, and filamentous actin (F-actin) rings. At the cellular level, we found a temporary F-actin-covered meshwork in the secretory cells, which suggests a role for actin in the biogenesis of the end apparatus in HGs. Using immunohistochemical localization, we show that BtRJPL is expressed in the bumblebee brain, predominantly in the Kenyon cells of the mushroom bodies, the site of sensory integration in insects, and in the optic lobes. Our data suggest that a dual glandbrain function preceded the multiplication of MRJPs in the honeybee lineage. In the course of the honeybee evolution, HGs dramatically changed their morphology in order to serve a food-producing function.
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide. Despite improvements in acute intensive care, there are currently no specific therapies to ameliorate the effects of TBI. Successful therapeutic strategies for TBI should target multiple pathophysiologic mechanisms that occur at different stages of brain injury. The kallikrein-kinin system is a promising therapeutic target for TBI as it mediates key pathologic events of traumatic brain damage, such as edema formation, inflammation, and thrombosis. Selective and specific kinin receptor antagonists and inhibitors of plasma kallikrein and coagulation factor XII have been developed, and have already shown therapeutic efficacy in animal models of stroke and TBI. However, conflicting preclinical evaluation, as well as limited and inconclusive data from clinical trials in TBI, suggests that caution should be taken before transferring observations made in animals to humans. This review summarizes current evidence on the pathologic significance of the kallikrein-kinin system during TBI in animal models and, where available, the experimental findings are compared with human data.
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) induces a strong inflammatory response which includes blood-brain barrier damage, edema formation and infiltration of different immune cell subsets. More recently, microvascular thrombosis has been identified as another pathophysiological feature of TBI. The contact-kinin system represents an interface between inflammatory and thrombotic circuits and is activated in different neurological diseases. C1-Inhibitor counteracts activation of the contact-kinin system at multiple levels. We investigated the therapeutic potential of C1-Inhibitor in a model of TBI. Male and female C57BL/6 mice were subjected to cortical cryolesion and treated with C1-Inhibitor after 1 h. Lesion volumes were assessed between day 1 and day 5 and blood-brain barrier damage, thrombus formation as well as the local inflammatory response were determined post TBI. Treatment of male mice with 15.0 IU C1-Inhibitor, but not 7.5 IU, 1 h after cryolesion reduced lesion volumes by ~75% on day 1. This protective effect was preserved in female mice and at later stages of trauma. Mechanistically, C1-Inhibitor stabilized the blood-brain barrier and decreased the invasion of immune cells into the brain parenchyma. Moreover, C1-Inhibitor had strong antithrombotic effects. C1-Inhibitor represents a multifaceted anti-inflammatory and antithrombotic compound that prevents traumatic neurodegeneration in clinically meaningful settings.
Integrated approaches using different in vitro methods in combination with bioinformatics can (i) increase the success rate and speed of drug development; (ii) improve the accuracy of toxicological risk assessment; and (iii) increase our understanding of disease. Three-dimensional (3D) cell culture models are important building blocks of this strategy which has emerged during the last years. The majority of these models are organotypic, i.e., they aim to reproduce major functions of an organ or organ system. This implies in many cases that more than one cell type forms the 3D structure, and often matrix elements play an important role. This review summarizes the state of the art concerning commonalities of the different models. For instance, the theory of mass transport/metabolite exchange in 3D systems and the special analytical requirements for test endpoints in organotypic cultures are discussed in detail. In the next part, 3D model systems for selected organs liver, lung, skin, brain are presented and characterized in dedicated chapters. Also, 3D approaches to the modeling of tumors are presented and discussed. All chapters give a historical background, illustrate the large variety of approaches, and highlight up- and downsides as well as specific requirements. Moreover, they refer to the application in disease modeling, drug discovery and safety assessment. Finally, consensus recommendations indicate a roadmap for the successful implementation of 3D models in routine screening. It is expected that the use of such models will accelerate progress by reducing error rates and wrong predictions from compound testing.
A number of public codes exist for GPS positioning and baseline determination in off-line mode. However, no software code exists for DGPS exploiting correction factors at base stations, without relying on double difference information. In order to accomplish it, a methodology is introduced in MATLAB environment for DGPS using C/A pseudoranges on single frequency L1 only to make it feasible for low-cost GPS receivers. Our base station is at accurately surveyed reference point. Pseudoranges and geometric ranges are compared at base station to compute the correction factors. These correction factors are then handed over to rover for all valid satellites observed during an epoch. The rover takes it into account for its own true position determination for corresponding epoch. In order to validate the proposed algorithm, our rover is also placed at a pre-determined location. The proposed code is an appropriate and simple to use tool for post-processing of GPS raw data for accurate position determination of a rover e.g. Unmanned Aerial Vehicle during post-mission analysis.
Background and Aims: PMA is a recently described rare tumor entity occuring most often in young children. Due the worse outcome of PMA-patients as compared to children with pilocytic astrocytoma (PA), it has received a grade II assignment in the latest WHO classification. Nevertheless, increasing evidence suggests that the two tumor types are indeed pathologically and genetically related. The radiological differentiation of PMAs from PAs is challenging and the limited available data could not yet provide unequivocal distinguishing imaging features. Furthermore, it is not completely clarified whether PMA cases are associated with a higher rate of CSF dissemination compared to similarly young patients with PA. The aim of our study was firstly to compare MR/CT imaging features of these tumors, and secondly, to evaluate the occurrence of CSF dissemination.
Material and Methods: The study population included 15 children with PMA and 32 children with PA. A third group consisted of eight children with PAs with focal pilomyxoid features. All cases had been registered in the German multicenter SIOP/HIT-LGG trials. The initial MRIs (and CT scans, if available) at establishing the diagnosis were retrospectively analyzed according to standardized criteria and the findings compared between PMAs and PAs. Furthermore, we compared the occurrence of imaging evidences of CSF tumor dissemination between children with PMA and PA, respectively.
Results: The imaging appearance of PMAs and PAs was very similar. However, PAs tended to show more frequently cystic components (p=0.03). As opposed to PAs, PMAs did not have large tumor cysts. We did not find differences with respect to tumor size and tumor margin. Gadolinium enhancement of PMAs was significantly more frequently homogeneous (p=0.006). PMAs appeared to show more often intratumoral hemorrhages (p=0.047). Furthermore, suprasellar PMAs tended to have a more homogeneus texture on T2-weighted MR images (p=0.026). Within the subgroup < 6 years of age the PMA histology tended to have a larger effect on the occurrence of CSF dissemination than the age (p=0.05 vs.0.12).
Conclusions: Although the radiological appearance of PMAs and PAs is similar, some imaging features, like enhancement pattern or presence of cysts or hemorrhage may help differentiating these low-grade gliomas. Our results corroborate previous scarce data suggesting higher rate of CSF dissemination in PMAs, even in the youngest patient population. Thus, in young children with a chiasmatic-hypothalamic tumor suggestive of a PMA, an intensive search for CSF dissemination along the entire neuraxis should be performed.
In this work we wanted to investigate the role of NFATc1 in lymphocyte physiology and in pathological conditions (eg. psoriasis). NFATc1 is part of the signal transduction
pathways that regulates B cells activation and function. NFATc1 has different isoforms that are due to different promoters (P1 and P2), polyadenylation and alternative splicing. Moreover, we tried to elucidate the points of interactions between the NFAT and the NF-κB pathways in
activated B-cell fate. NFAT and NF-κB factors share several properties, such as a similar mode of induction and architecture in their DNA binding domain. We used mice which over-express a constitutive active version of NFATc1/α in their B cells with -or without- an ablated IRF4. IRF4 inhibits cell cycle progression of germinal center B cell-derived Burkitt’s lymphoma cells and
induces terminal differentiation toward plasma cells. Our experiments showed that a ‘double hit’ in factors affecting B cell activation (NFATc1 in this case) and late B cell Differentiation (IRF4 in this case) alter the development of the B cells, lead to increase in their numbers and increase in stimulation induced proliferation. Therefore, the overall picture indicates a link between these 2 genes and probable carcinogenic alterations that may occur in B cells.
We also show that in splenic B cells, c-Rel (of the NF-κB canonical pathway) Support the induction of NFATc1/αA through BCR signals. We also found evidence that the lack of NFATc1 affects the expression of Rel-B (of the NF-κB non-canonical pathway). These data suggest a tight interplay between NFATc1 and NF-κB in B cells, influencing the competence of B cells and their functions in peripheral tissues.
We also used IMQ-induced psoriasis-like inflammation on mice which either lack NFATc1 from B cell. Psoriasis is a systemic chronic immunological disease characterized
primarily by abnormal accelerated proliferation of the skin keratinocytes. In psoriasis, the precipitating event leads to immune cell activation. Our experiments showed that NFATc1 is needed for the development of psoriasis. It also showed that IL-10 is the link that enables NFAT
from altering the B cell compartment (eg Bregs) in order to affect inflammation. The important role of B cell in psoriasis is supported by the flared up psoriasis-like inflammation in mice that lack B cells. Bregs is a special type of B cells that regulate other B cells and T cells; tuning the immunological response through immunomodulatory cytokines.
LINC complexes are evolutionarily conserved nuclear envelope bridges, composed of SUN (Sad-1/UNC-84) and KASH (Klarsicht/ANC-1/Syne/homology) domain proteins. They are crucial for nuclear positioning and nuclear shape determination, and also mediate nuclear envelope (NE) attachment of meiotic telomeres, essential for driving homolog synapsis and recombination. In mice, SUN1 and SUN2 are the only SUN domain proteins expressed during meiosis, sharing their localization with meiosis-specific KASH5. Recent studies have shown that loss of SUN1 severely interferes with meiotic processes. Absence of SUN1 provokes defective telomere attachment and causes infertility. Here, we report that meiotic telomere attachment is not entirely lost in mice deficient for SUN1, but numerous telomeres are still attached to the NE through SUN2/KASH5-LINC complexes. In Sun12/2 meiocytes attached telomeres retained the capacity to form bouquetlike clusters. Furthermore, we could detect significant numbers of late meiotic recombination events in Sun12/2 mice. Together, this indicates that even in the absence of SUN1 telomere attachment and their movement within the nuclear envelope per se can be functional.
Author summary:
Correct genome haploidization during meiosis requires tightly regulated chromosome movements that follow a highly conserved choreography during prophase I. Errors in these movements cause subsequent meiotic defects, which typically lead to infertility. At the beginning of meiotic prophase, chromosome ends are tethered to the nuclear envelope (NE). This attachment of telomeres appears to be mediated by well-conserved membrane spanning protein complexes within the NE (LINC complexes). In mouse meiosis, the two main LINC components SUN1 and SUN2 were independently described to localize at the sites of telomere attachment. While SUN1 has been demonstrated to be critical for meiotic telomere attachment, the precise role of SUN2 in this context, however, has been discussed controversially in the field. Our current study was targeted to determine the factual capacity of SUN2 in telomere attachment and chromosome movements in SUN1 deficient mice. Remarkably, although telomere attachment is impaired in the absence of SUN1, we could find a yet undescribed SUN1-independent telomere attachment, which presumably is mediated by SUN2 and KASH5. This SUN2 mediated telomere attachment is stable throughout prophase I and functional in moving telomeres within the NE. Thus, our results clearly indicate that SUN1 and SUN2, at least partially, fulfill redundant meiotic functions.
Sustainability has become a critical topic in all areas of supply chain management. As discussed earlier, drivers for this development can be identified as both internal and external phenomena. Since customers are one of the key stakeholders in supply chain management, special attention is paid to the impact of costumers´ behavior on sustainable supply chain design decisions. In this context, two main research questions were analyzed:
1.What is the appropriate way to design a supply chain according to environmentally-oriented requirements of customers?
2.What is the impact of customer´s behavior regarding both usage and return of products on supply chain design decisions in an environmentally conscious closed-loop supply chain environment?
Therefore, three different optimization models with various main aspects are developed. To illustrate how the presented models can be applied in practical problem cases, guidelines for implementing an environmentally supply chain design project are presented.
Electro-optical switching between polariton and cavity lasing in an InGaAs quantum well microcavity
(2014)
We report on the condensation of microcavity exciton polaritons under optical excitation in a microcavity with four embedded InGaAs quantum wells. The polariton laser is characterized by a distinct nonlinearity in the input-output-characteristics, which is accompanied by a drop of the emission linewidth indicating temporal coherence and a characteristic persisting emission blueshift with increased particle density. The temporal coherence of the device at threshold is underlined by a characteristic drop of the second order coherence function to a value close to 1. Furthermore an external electric field is used to switch between polariton regime, polariton condensate and photon lasing.
In the mammalian brain, the neurotrophin brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) has emerged as a key factor for synaptic refinement, plasticity and learning. Although BDNF-induced signaling cascades are well known, the spatial aspects of the synaptic BDNF localization remained unclear. Recent data provide strong evidence for an exclusive presynaptic location and anterograde secretion of endogenous BDNF at synapses of the hippocampal circuit. In contrast, various studies using BDNF overexpression in cultured hippocampal neurons support the idea that postsynaptic elements and other dendritic structures are the preferential sites of BDNF localization and release. In this study we used rigorously tested anti-BDNF antibodies and achieved a dense labeling of endogenous BDNF close to synapses. Confocal microscopy showed natural BDNF close to many, but not all glutamatergic synapses, while neither GABAergic synapses nor postsynaptic structures carried a typical synaptic BDNF label. To visualize the BDNF distribution within the fine structure of synapses, we implemented super resolution fluorescence imaging by direct stochastic optical reconstruction microscopy (dSTORM). Two-color dSTORM images of neurites were acquired with a spatial resolution of ~20 nm. At this resolution, the synaptic scaffold proteins Bassoon and Homer exhibit hallmarks of mature synapses and form juxtaposed bars, separated by a synaptic cleft. BDNF imaging signals form granule-like clusters with a mean size of ~60 nm and are preferentially found within the fine structure of the glutamatergic presynapse. Individual glutamatergic presynapses carried up to 90% of the synaptic BDNF immunoreactivity, and only a minor fraction of BDNF molecules was found close to the postsynaptic bars. Our data proof that hippocampal neurons are able to enrich and store high amounts of BDNF in small granules within the mature glutamatergic presynapse, at a principle site of synaptic plasticity.
Volumenregulatorische Transportwege von anorganischen und organischen Osmolyten in Säugetierzellen
(2014)
Die Aufrechterhaltung des Zellvolumens unter variablen osmotischen Bedingungen stellt für nahezu alle tierischen Zellen eine essenzielle Aufgabe dar. Um regulatorische Volumenanpassungen vorzunehmen besitzen sie daher effektive Mechanismen, mit deren Hilfe der zelluläre Gehalt an organischen und anorganischen Osmolyten erhöht (= regulatorische Volumenzunahme; RVI) oder gesenkt (= regulatorische Volumenabnahme; RVD) werden kann. Trotz langjähriger Forschung auf diesem Gebiet konnten die hieran beteiligten Transportwege für Osmolyte bisher nur unvollständig aufgeklärt werden.
Insbesondere bei T-Lymphozyten sind wichtige Zellfunktionen wie die Proliferation, Migration und die T-Zell-Aktivierung eng mit volumenregulatorischen Mechanismen verbunden. Bei all diesen Prozessen sind u. a. unterschiedliche Kaliumkanäle beteiligt, die insbesondere für die pharmakologische Manipulation von Immunsystemprozessen von wissenschaftlichem Interesse sind. Bisherige Modelle der hypotonen Volumenregulation von T-Lymphozyten berücksichtigen lediglich den spannungsabhängigen KV1.3 sowie den Ca2+-aktivierten IKCa1-Kanal, die zur Klasse der 6TM/P-K+-Kanäle gehören.
Im ersten Teil der vorliegenden Arbeit wurde eine potentielle Rolle von kürzlich entdeckten Zwei-Poren Domänen Kaliumkanälen (K2P) am RVD von murinen und humanen primären CD4+-T-Lymphozyten untersucht. In einem kombinierten genetischen und pharmakologischen Ansatz mittels knockout-Tiermodellen und dem Einsatz kanalspezifischer Inhibitoren konnte mithilfe zellvolumetrischer Analysen gezeigt werden, dass die K2P-Vertreter TASK1, TASK2, TASK3 und TRESK maßgeblich am schwellungsaktivierten Efflux von K+ beteiligt sind. Beurteilt an den Ergebnissen dieser Untersuchung sind der spannungsabhängige TASK2- und der Ca2+-aktivierte TRESK-Kanal für die hypotone Volumenregulation in T-Zellen deutlich bedeutender als TASK1 und TASK3. Der Beitrag der Kanäle TASK2 und TRESK am RVD-Prozess war über dies vergleichbar mit dessen des bisher bekannten KV1.3-Kanals. In dieser Arbeit wurde damit erstmals eine Beteiligung der K2P-Kanäle am RVD muriner und humaner CD4+-Lymphozyten identifiziert. Aufgrund der engen Verbindung zwischen T-Zell-Funktion und der Volumenregulation können Zwei-Poren Domänen K+-Kanäle damit in den engeren Kreis potentieller immunmodulierende Angriffspunkte aufgefasst werden.
Im zweiten und umfangreicheren Teil dieser Arbeit wurden darüber hinaus die schwellungsaktivierten Transportwege für organische Osmolyte (small organic osmolytes; SOOs) untersucht. SOOs stellen chemisch inerte Verbindungen dar, zu denen vor allem Polyole (Sorbitol, myo-Inositol), Methylamine (Betain, α-Glycerophosphocholin) sowie Aminosäuren (α- bzw. β-Alanin und Prolin) und deren Derivate (Taurin) zählen. Da SOOs weder die zelluläre Struktur noch die Funktion von Makromolekülen beeinträchtigen, sind sie wichtige Instrumente der Volumenregulation, die sich in hohen Konzentrationen im Zytosol nahezu aller Zellen wiederfinden. Werden tierische Zellen mit hypotonen Bedingungen konfrontiert, dann ist bei nahezu allen Zellen die Freisetzung organischer Osmolyte zu beobachten, wodurch die zelluläre Osmolarität unabhängig von Elektrolyten angepasst werden kann. Trotz der wichtigen Funktion der SOOs in der Osmoregulation tierischer Zellen konnte die molekulare Identität beteiligter Effluxwege (Kanäle bzw. Transporter) bisher nicht aufgeklärt werden.
Ungeachtet der molekularen Identität der SOO-Effluxwege war es aus zahlreichen biotechnologischen Anwendungen zu Beginn dieser Arbeit bekannt, dass die schwellungsaktivierten Transportwege für organische Osmolyte eine größenselektive Permeabilität für eine Reihe monomerer Zucker und verwandter Verbindungen aufweisen. Um diese Größenselektivität näher zu charakterisieren, wurde im ersten Schritt die schwellungsaktivierte Membranpermeabilität für eine Reihe strukturell homogener Polyethylenglykole unterschiedlicher Polymerlänge (PEG200–1500; hydrodynamische Radien zwischen ~0,5-1,5 nm) unter iso- und hypotonen Bedingungen in Jurkat-Lymphozyten untersucht. Unter milden hypotonen Bedingungen (200 mOsm) war die Plasmamembran der untersuchten Lymphozyten für PEG300-1500 undurchlässig, was aus der Fähigkeit der Zellen zur hypotonen Volumenregulation geschlossen werden konnte. Darüber hinaus wurde RVD in stark hypotonen Lösungen (100 mOsm) mit PEG600-1500 beobachtet, während PEG300-400 unter vergleichbaren osmotischen Bedingungen die Volumenregulation der Zellen inhibierten. Dieses Ergebnis deutet darauf hin, dass starkes hypotones Zellschwellen der Lymphozyten zur Permeabilisierung der Plasmamembran für PEG300-400, nicht jedoch für PEG600-1500, führt. Anhand der hydrodynamischen Radien Rh der verwendeten PEGs konnte ein cutoff-Radius von ~0,74 nm für schwellungsaktivierte Transportwege organischer Osmolyte bestimmt werden. Da diese schwellungsaktivierten Transportwege vielfältig für Zellbeladungstechniken verwendet werden, könnte dieses Ergebnis für zahlreiche biotechnologische und biomedizinische Anwendungen von Interesse sein.
Im zweiten Schritt wurde der Versuch unternommen, potentielle Transportwege für organische Osmolyte im RVD-Prozess molekular zu identifizieren. Da es grundlegend ungeklärt war, wie viele unterschiedliche Transporter bzw. Kanäle am Efflux der zahlreichen organischen Osmolyte beteiligt sind, erfolgte zunächst die vergleichende Analyse des schwellungsaktivierten Membrantransports strukturell verschiedener SOOs einschließlich der Aminosulfonsäure Taurin und des Polyols myo-Inositol. Hierbei wurde erstmals gezeigt, dass die schwellungsaktivierten Transportwege für Taurin und myo-Inositol deutlich unterschiedliche Aktivitätsprofile aufweisen. Während der Taurintransport bereits unter milden hypotonen Bedingungen, d.h. nach einer geringen Absenkung der Osmolalität von 300 auf ~230 mOsm, aktiviert wurde, erfolgte die Aktivierung der Membranpermeabilität für myo-Inositol bei einer viel niedrigeren Osmolalität von ~150 mOsm. Darüber hinaus wiesen die beiden Transportwege unter vergleichbarem hypotonen Stress von 100 mOsm deutlich unterschiedliche Aktivitätsdauern auf (Transport von Taurin ~95 min und myo-Inositol ~40 min). Somit deuteten diese Ergebnisse erstmals auf substrat-spezifische Transportwege für SOOs hin, die voneinander stark abweichende osmotische Aktivierungsprofile besitzen.
Als aussichtsreiche Kandidaten für diese Transportwege wurden zwei Mitglieder der Gruppe der Solute Carrier (SLC) untersucht, die klare Übereinstimmungen mit den gesuchten Transportern für SOOs aufweisen. Daher wurde im Weiteren eine RVD-Beteiligung dieser Transportergruppe mit einer Kombination aus molekularbiologischer und konventioneller bzw. hochaufgelöster mikroskopischen Techniken überprüft. Die semiqantitativen RT-PCR-Ergebnisse dieser Arbeit zeigen dabei, dass die Gentranskription der potentiellen SOO-Transporter SLC5A3 und SLC6A6 in den untersuchten Zelllinien Jurkat, HEK wie auch HepG2-Zellen durch hypotone Bedingungen deutlich verstärkt wird. Hierbei nimmt der zelluläre mRNA-Gehalt der Gene SLC5A3 zwischen 20-60% und SLC6A6 um 30-100% innerhalb von 10-20 min zu, was auf eine potentielle RVD-Beteiligung von SLC-Transportern hindeutet. Ausgehend von diesem Ergebnis wurde daraufhin die zelluläre Lokalisation des SLC5A3-Transporters unter isotonen und hypotonen Bedingungen mikroskopisch untersucht. Wie anhand der konfokalen lasermikroskopischen Untersuchung zu erkennen ist, findet unter hypotoner Stimulation eine zelluläre Umverteilung des mit EGFP fluoreszenzmarkierten Proteins SLC5A3 statt. Innerhalb von 10 min wird der Transporter dabei von intrazellulären Regionen in Richtung Plasmamembran verlagert. Darüber hinaus konnte mit Hilfe der hochauflösenden Mikroskopie-Technik dSTORM gezeigt werden, dass der Transporter SLC5A3 unter hypotoner Stimulation verstärkt mit der Plasmamembran assoziiert vorliegt. Diese verstärkte Membranassoziation des SLC5A3-Proteins deutet damit auf einen schwellungsinduzierten exozytotischen Einbau des Transporters hin.
Die Ergebnisse dieser Arbeit zeigen damit erstmals, dass SLC-Transporter wie SLC5A3, SLC6A6 und vermutlich andere Vertreter der SLC-Superfamilie potentiell am Mechanismus der hypotonen Volumenregulation beteiligt sind. Da SLC-Transporter als wichtige Transportsysteme für Therapeutika angesehen werden und die Mechanismen der Volumenregulation bereits in zahlreichen biotechnologischen Anwendungen implementiert sind, könnte der hier aufgedeckte Zusammenhang einen Erkenntnisgewinn für zahlreiche biomedizinische Forschungsgebiete darstellen.
BACKGROUND:
The etiology of multiple sclerosis (MS) has remained unclear, but a causative contribution of factors outside the central nervous system (CNS) is conceivable. It was recently suggested that gut bacteria trigger the activation of CNS-reactive T cells and the development of demyelinative disease.
METHODS:
C57BL/6 (B6) mice were kept either under specific pathogen free or conventional housing conditions, immunized with the myelin basic protein (MBP)-proteolipid protein (PLP) fusion protein MP4 and the development of EAE was clinically monitored. The germinal center size of the Peyer's patches was determined by immunohistochemistry in addition to the level of total IgG secretion which was assessed by ELISPOT. ELISPOT assays were also used to measure MP4-specific T cell and B cell responses in the Peyer's patches and the spleen. Ear swelling assays were performed to determine the extent of delayed-type hypersensitivity reactions in specific pathogen free and conventionally housed mice.
RESULTS:
In B6 mice that were actively immunized with MP4 and kept under conventional housing conditions clinical disease was significantly attenuated compared to specific pathogen free mice. Conventionally housed mice displayed increased levels of IgG secretion in the Peyer's patches, while the germinal center formation in the gut and the MP4-specific TH17 response in the spleen were diminished after immunization. Accordingly, these mice displayed an attenuated delayed type hypersensitivity (DTH) reaction in ear swelling assays.
CONCLUSIONS:
The data corroborate the notion that housing conditions play a substantial role in the induction of murine EAE and suggest that the presence of gut bacteria might be associated with a decreased immune response to antigens of lower affinity. This concept could be of importance for MS and calls for caution when considering the therapeutic approach to treat patients with antibiotics."
Nature-based tourism and ecotourism experienced a dynamic development over the past decade. While originally often described as specialized post-Fordist niche markets for ecologically aware and affluent target groups, in many regions they are nowadays characterized by a heterogeneous structure and the presence of a wide product range, from individual travels to package tours.
The present dissertation analyzes the structure and economic importance of tourism in two highly frequented protected areas in middle income countries, the Sian Ka’an Biosphere Reserve (SKBR) in Mexico and the Souss-Massa National Park (SMNP) in Morocco. Both areas are situated in close proximity to the most important package tour destinations Cancún (Mexico) and Agadir (Morocco) and are subject to high touristic use and development pressure. So far, the planning of a more sustainable tourism development is hampered by the lack of reliable data.
Based on demand-side surveys and income multipliers calculated with the help of regionalized input-output models, the visitor structure and economic impact of tourism in both protected areas are described. With regional income effects of approximately 1 million USD (SKBR) and approximately 1.9 million USD (SMNP), and resulting income equivalents of 1,348 and 5,218 persons, both the SKBR and the SMNP play an important—and often undervalued—role for the regional economies in underdeveloped rural peripheral regions of the countries.
Detailed analyses of the visitor structures show marked differences with regard to criteria such as travel organization, nature/protected area affinity and expenditures. With regard to planning and marketing of nature-based tourism, protected area managers and political decision-takers are advised to focus on ecologically and economically attractive visitor groups. Based on the results of the two case studies as well as existing tourism typologies from the literature, a classification scheme is presented that may be used for a more target-oriented development and marketing of nature-based tourism products.
Desmogleine (Dsg1-4) sind transmembranäre Adhäsionsproteine aus der Gruppe der desmosomalen Cadherine, die Zell-Zell-Kontakte zwischen benachbarten Keratinozyten der Epidermis in und außerhalb von Desmosomen vermitteln. Eine durch Autoantikörper induzierte Störung dieser Haftstrukturen (hauptsächlich Dsg1 und Dsg3) resultiert im klinischen Bild der Pemphigus-Erkrankung. Dieses ist makroskopisch durch eine Blasenbildung der Haut gekennzeichnet. Auf zellulärer und molekularbiologischer Ebene lassen sich im Falle von Pemphigus vulgaris (PV) eine Retraktion des Zytoskeletts, eine Reduzierung der Dsg3-Proteinmenge und eine Aktivierung verschiedener Signalwege u.a. der p38MAPK nachweisen. PV eignet sich daher als Modellerkrankung zur Untersuchung der Bedeutung desmosomaler Cadherine für die interzelluläre Adhäsion in Keratinozyten. Durch zahlreiche Studien wurde die wichtige Funktion von Dsg3 als Adhäsionsprotein bestätigt und eine Beteiligung an der Modulation zahlreicher Signalwege, die in Zusammenhang mit der Pemphigus-Pathogenese stehen, untersucht. Im Gegensatz dazu konnte bisher keine spezifische Funktion des desmosomalen Cadherins Dsg2 in der Epidermis identifiziert werden. Dsg2 kommt als einziges Desmoglein in allen Geweben vor, die Desmosomen enthalten, und ist auch an den Zell-Zell-Kontakten im Myokard und Darmepithel vorhanden, wo kein Dsg1 und Dsg3 exprimiert werden. Hier nimmt Dsg2 eine wichtige Rolle als Adhäsionsmolekül und als Regulator interzellulärer Prozesse ein.
In dieser Arbeit wurde daher vergleichend die Bedeutung von Dsg2 und Dsg3 für die interzelluläre Adhäsion in Keratinozyten im Hinblick auf ihre Funktion als Adhäsionsmolekül und als Rezeptormolekül, speziell im p38MAPK-Signalweg, untersucht. Wesentliche Unterschiede zeigten sich zunächst in der Lokalisation beider Proteine. Während sich die in der Literatur beschriebene Lokalisation von Dsg3 im Stratum basale und spinosum der Epidermis bestätigte, konnte Dsg2 nur am Haarfollikel nachgewiesen werden. In differenzierten HaCaT-Zellen, einer Keratinozyten-Zelllinie war Dsg2 eher punktförmig und Dsg3 nahezu linear an der Zellmembran lokalisiert. Dementsprechend ließ sich Dsg2 nach Triton-vermittelter Zellfraktionierung in ähnlicher Verteilung zwischen der Zytoskelett-gebunden und -ungebundenen Fraktion nachweisen wie Desmoplakin, das an der Zellemembran ausschließlich in Desmosomen vorkommt. Durch Dsg-spezifische Antikörper, deren inhibitorische Eigenschaft in zellfreien AFM-Studien nachgewiesen wurde, konnte nur eine Inhibierung der Dsg3- und nicht der Dsg2-vermittelten Adhäsion in HaCaT-Zellen erzielt werden. Im Gegensatz dazu induzierte derselbe Dsg2-spezifische Antikörper einen signifikanten Haftungsverlust in einer Darmepithelzelllinie. Die mittels siRNA induzierte Reduzierung der Dsg2-Proteinmenge führte jedoch nur unter erhöhter mechanischer Belastung der Zellen zu einem Adhäsionsverlust. Die simultane Modulation der Funktion von Dsg2 und Dsg3 mittels siRNA bzw. der Inkubation Dsg2-depletierter Zellen mit AK23, einem inhibitorischen Dsg3-spezifischen Antikörper, resultierte in einem drastischen, teilweise p38MAPK-abhängigen, Adhäsionsverlust. Dieser Befund lieferte erste Hinweise auf eine kompensatorische Funktion von Dsg2 bei eingeschränkter Dsg3-vermittelter Haftung in Keratinozyten. Um dies näher zu untersuchen, wurde die Verteilung von Dsg2 an der Zellemembran Dsg3-depletierter HaCaT-Zellen untersucht. Der Verlust von Dsg3 resultierte hierbei in einer Zunahme und Linearisierung der Dsg2-Membranfärbung, was die Hypothese einer kompensatorischen Funktion im Falle einer Beeinträchtigung der Dsg3-Funktion bekräftigt. Um die Funktion von Dsg2 unter dieser Bedingung gezielter zu untersuchen, wurde das transgene Dsg3-Mausmodell eingesetzt und primäre Keratinozyten aus neonatalen Dsg3-defizienten und nicht-Dsg3-defizienten Geschwistertieren isoliert. Entsprechend der vorhergehenden Befunde zeigten die Dsg3-defizienten Zellen eine deutliche Zunahme der Dsg2-Membranlokalisation sowie zusätzlich eine erhöhte DSG2-mRNA-Expression, allerdings bei unveränderten Dsg2-Proteinmengen.
Weiterhin wurde die Funktion von Dsg2 und Dsg3 als Modulator des p38MAPK-Signalweges näher untersucht. Der für Dsg3 identifizierte Komplex mit der phosphorylierten Form der p38MAPK (p-p38MAPK) konnte für Dsg2 nicht nachgewiesen werden. Ebenso führte eine Reduzierung der Dsg2-Proteinmenge, im Gegensatz zur Reduzierung der Dsg3-Proteinmenge, nicht zur Aktivierung der p38MAPK und einer Retraktion des Zytoskeletts. Der direkte Zusammenhang zwischen einem Dsg3-Funktionsverlust und der p38MAPK-Aktivität ließ sich dadurch bestätigen, dass sowohl die Keratinretraktion als auch der Haftungsverlust nach Dsg3-Depletion durch den Einsatz eines p38MAPK-spezifischen Inhibitors partiell inhibierbar waren. Auch in primären Keratinozyten mit vollständiger Dsg3-Defizienz verbesserte eine p38MAPK-Inhibierung die Zelladhäsion. Ebenso wurde in Dsg3-defizienten Zellen im Vergleich zu Zellen mit endogener Dsg3-Expression eine deutliche Lokalisation der p-p38MAPK an der Zellmembran nachgewiesen, was darauf schließen lässt, dass möglicherweise in Abwesenheit von Dsg3 andere Membranproteine an der Regulation dieses Signalweges beteiligt sind. Zusammenfassend wurde in dieser Arbeit eine bisher nicht beschriebene Funktion von Dsg2 als Kompensationspartner für Dsg3 in Keratinozyten identifiziert und die Rolle von Dsg3 als Modulator des p38MAPK-Signalweges näher charakterisiert.
Information on the state of the terrestrial vegetation cover is important for several ecological, economical, and planning issues. In this regard, vegetation properties such as the type, vitality, or density can be described by means of continuous biophysical parameters. One of these parameters is the leaf area index (LAI), which is defined as half the total leaf area per unit ground surface area. As leaves constitute the interface between the biosphere and the atmosphere, the LAI is used to model exchange processes between plants and their environment. However, to account for the variability of ecosystems, spatially and temporally explicit information on LAI is needed both for monitoring and modeling applications.
Remote sensing aims at providing such information. LAI is commonly derived from remote sensing data by empirical-statistical or physical models. In the first approach, an empirical relationship between LAI measured in situ and the corresponding canopy spectral signature is established. Although this method achieves accurate LAI estimates, these relationships are only valid for the place and time at which the field data were sampled, which hampers automated LAI derivation. The physical approach uses a radiation transfer model to simulate canopy reflectance as a function of the scene’s geometry and of leaf and canopy parameters, from which LAI is derived through model inversion based on remote sensing data. However, this model inversion is not stable, as it is an under-determined and ill-posed problem.
Until now, LAI research focused either on the use of coarse resolution remote sensing data for global applications, or on LAI modeling over a confined area, mostly in forest and crop ecosystems, using medium to high spatial resolution data. This is why to date no study is available in which high spatial resolution data are used for LAI mapping in a heterogeneous, natural landscape such as alpine grasslands, although a growing amount of high spatial and temporal resolution remote sensing data would allow for an improved environmental monitoring. Therefore, issues related to model parameterization and inversion regularization techniques improving its stability have not yet been investigated for this ecosystem.
This research gap was taken up by this thesis, in which the potential of high spatial resolution remote sensing data for grassland LAI estimation based on statistical and radiation transfer modeling is analyzed, and the achieved accuracy and robustness of the two approaches is compared. The objectives were an ecosystem-adapted radiation transfer model set-up and an optimized LAI derivation in mountainous grassland areas. Multi-temporal LAI in situ measurements as well as time series of RapidEye data from 2011 and 2012 over the catchment of the River Ammer in the Bavarian alpine upland were used. In order to obtain accurate in situ data, a comparison of the LAI derivation algorithms implemented in the LAI-2000 PCA instrument with destructively measured LAI was performed first. For optimizing the empirical-statistical approach, it was then analyzed how the selection of vegetation indices and regression models impacts LAI modeling, and how well these models can be transferred to other dates. It was shown that LAI can be derived
with a mean accuracy of 80 % using contemporaneous field data, but that the accuracy decreases to on average 51 % when using these models on remote sensing data from other dates. The combined use of several data sets to create a regression which is used for LAI derivation at different points in time increased the LAI estimation accuracy to on average 65 %. Thus, reduced field measurement labor comes at the cost of LAI error rates being increased by 10 - 30 % as long as at least two campaigns are conducted. Further, it was shown that the use of RapidEye’s red edge channel improves the LAI derivation by on average 5.4 %.
With regard to physical LAI modeling, special interest lay in assessing the accuracy improvements that can be achieved through model set-up and inversion regularization techniques. First, a global sensitivity analysis was applied to the radiation transfer model in order to identify the most important model parameters and most sensitive spectral features. After model parameterization, several inversion regularizations, namely the use of a multiple sample solution, the additional use of vegetation indices, and the addition of noise, were analyzed. Further, an approach to include the local scene’s geometry in the retrieval process was introduced to account for the mountainous topography. LAI modeling accuracies of in average 70 % were achieved using the best combination of regularization techniques, which is in the upper range of accuracies that were achieved in the few existing other grassland studies based on in situ or air-borne measured hyperspectral data. Finally, further physically derived vegetation parameters and inversion uncertainty measures were evaluated in detail to identify challenging modeling conditions, which was mostly neglected in other studies. An increased modeling uncertainty for extremely high and low LAI values was observed. This indicates an insufficiently wide model parameterization and a canopy deviation from model assumptions on some fields. Further, the LAI modeling accuracies varied strongly between the different scenes. From this observation it can be deduced that the radiometric quality of the remote sensing data, which might be reduced by atmospheric effects or unexpected surface reflectances, exerts a high influence on the LAI modeling accuracy.
The major findings of the comparison between the empirical-statistical and physical LAI modeling approaches are the higher accuracies achieved by the empirical-statistical approach as long as contemporaneous field data are available, and the computationally efficiency of the statistical approach. However, when no or temporally unfitting in situ measurements are available, the physical approach achieves comparable or even higher accuracies. Furthermore, radiation transfer modeling enables the derivation of other leaf and canopy variables useful for ecological monitoring and modeling applications, as well as of pixel-wise uncertainty measures indicating the robustness and reliability of the model inversion and LAI derivation procedure. The established look-up tables can be used for further LAI derivation in Central European grassland also in other years.
The use of high spatial resolution remote sensing data for LAI derivation enables a reliable land cover classification and thus a reduced LAI mapping error due to misclassifications. Furthermore, the RapidEye pixels being smaller than individual fields allow for a radiation transfer model inversion over homogeneous canopies in most cases, as canopy gaps or field parcels can be clearly distinguished. However, in case of unexpected local surface conditions such as blooming, litter, or canopy gaps, high spatial resolution data show corresponding strong deviations in reflectance values and hence LAI estimation, which would be reduced using coarser resolution data through the balancing effect of the surrounding surface reflectances. An optimal pixel size with regard to modeling accuracy hence depends on the canopy and landscape structure. Furthermore, a reduced spatial resolution would enable a considerable acceleration of the LAI map derivation.
This illustration of the potential of RapidEye data and of the challenges associated to LAI derivation in heterogeneous grassland areas contributes to the development of robust LAI estimation procedures based on new and upcoming, spatially and temporally high resolution remote sensing imagery such as Landsat 8 and Sentinel-2.
Quantum systems can provide outstanding performance in various sensing applications, ranging from bioscience to nanotechnology. Atomic-scale defects in silicon carbide are very attractive in this respect because of the technological advantages of this material and favorable optical and radio frequency spectral ranges to control these defects. We identified several, separately addressable spin-3/2 centers in the same silicon carbide crystal, which are immune to nonaxial strain fluctuations. Some of them are characterized by nearly temperature independent axial crystal fields, making these centers very attractive for vector magnetometry. Contrarily, the zero-field splitting of another center exhibits a giant thermal shift of −1.1 MHz/K at room temperature, which can be used for thermometry applications. We also discuss a synchronized composite clock exploiting spin centers with different thermal response.
Ziel dieser Arbeit war die Synthese geeigneter Modellsysteme für die Untersuchung gekrümmter Graphenfragmente. Dafür bot sich die Synthese von substituierten Pyracylenen an. Diese sollten in eine Aromatensphäre eingebunden sein, um so den Einfluss der Graphenumgebung zu simulieren. Ein geeignetes einfaches Untersuchungsobjekt stellt das Bisbenzo[d,j]pyracylen/ Dicyclopenta[fg,op]tetracen (10) dar. Auch die Einbettung in größere „Nanographene“ ist ein lohnendes Syntheseziel zur Untersuchung von Struktur-Eigenschaftsbeziehungen. Gegebenenfalls kann nach erfolgreicher Darstellung auch das Auftreten der Stone-Wales-Umlagerung untersucht werden. Das heißt, die Systeme sollen mit Hilfe der FVP auf ihr Vermögen zur Kohlenstoffgerüstumlagerung untersucht werden. Die folgende Abbildung zeigt die Zielmoleküle und mögliche Stone-Wales-Umlagerung. ...
Die vorliegende Studie untersucht die Vorstellungen von der sogenannten „Heidenwelt“ in deutschen Romanen und Epen des Mittelalters – und kommt zu teilweise völlig neuen Ergebnissen, auch zu Wolfram von Eschenbach. Die als ebenso bedrohlich wie faszinierend empfundene Welt der „Heiden“ umfaßte die gesamte Welt jenseits der höfischen Zentren des selbst noch nicht gänzlich christianisierten Abendlandes und barg hohes Konfliktpotential. Sie begann bereits vor der Haustür, erstreckte sich über den Kreuzzugsraum, den Mittleren Osten, Äthiopien und Indien bis in Höllen und Himmelssphären.
Ich vergleiche die in Romanen und Epen genannten geo- und ethnographischen und zoologischen Begriffe sowohl mit dem gelehrten Wissen von Antike und Mittelalter, darunter die Werke Plinius‘, Solins und Isidors, als auch mit volkstümlichen Vorstellungen, etwa zu Wilden Leuten. Die Abhandlung bezieht sich auch auf zahlreiche weitere Werke jenseits der im Titel genannten Texte, vor allem die beliebten Alexanderromane, anhand derer das Publikum der Dichter geschult war.
Weit über Namensregister hinausgehend zeige ich ursprüngliche Verbindungen, also die Hintergründe der in den Romanen stimmig verwendeten Termini, und neue Zusammenhänge und Entwicklungen auf. Ich beschreibe die Aufteilung des Mundus – Himmel, Höllen, Paradiese - und der Erde und bespreche Naturhistorie und ihre Verbindung zu den Mythen, philosophische Themen sowie Fragen nach Ressourcen, Handelsrouten, Reisewegen und Bündnispolitik.
Die bisher oft als märchenhaft angesehenen Erzählungen der Kreuzzugszeit erweisen sich als kluge Stellungnahmen zu den wichtigsten Diskursen der Zeit. Diese wurden nicht nur an den theologisch gebundenen christlichen Universitäten geführt – die volkssprachigen Dichter machten sie einem größeren Publikum zugänglich, vertraten jedoch oftmals divergierende Ansichten, zuvorderst zur Einordnung und Behandlung der heidnischen Gegner: Sind es Wilde, Ungeheuer, Geister, gar Neutrale Engel, Dämonen - oder doch Menschen?
Neue Erkenntnisse betreffen etwa Fragen nach der Erdgestalt (Kugel oder Scheibe?), die Vorstellung vom Weltgebirge ‚Kaukasus‘, Ernsts Grippia und die Antipoden, den Mongolensturm und den Priesterkönig Johannes (möglicher Retter des Abendlandes oder gar gefährlicher Heide?). Völlig neu ist die Analyse, Bewertung und Einordnung von Feirefiz‘ berühmtem Triumphkatalog in „Parzival“ Kap.770: Sie offenbart sich als eine geniale, die gesamte Heidenwelt in geographischer Ordnung und Kreisschluß beschreibende Aufzählung und Verbindung menschlicher Völker – nicht Monstren.
Chromosomal translocations affecting the MYC oncogene are the biological hallmark of Burkitt lymphomas but also occur in a subset of other mature B-cell lymphomas. If accompanied by a chromosomal break targeting the BCL2 and/or BCL6 oncogene these MYC translocation-positive (MYC+) lymphomas are called double-hit lymphomas, otherwise the term single-hit lymphomas is applied. In order to characterize the biological features of these MYC+ lymphomas other than Burkitt lymphoma we explored, after exclusion of molecular Burkitt lymphoma as defined by gene expression profiling, the molecular, pathological and clinical aspects of 80 MYC-translocation-positive lymphomas (31 single-hit, 46 double-hit and 3 MYC+-lymphomas with unknown BCL6 status). Comparison of single-hit and double-hit lymphomas revealed no difference in MYC partner (IG/non-IG), genomic complexity, MYC expression or gene expression profile. Double-hit lymphomas more frequently showed a germinal center B-cell-like gene expression profile and had higher IGH and MYC mutation frequencies. Gene expression profiling revealed 130 differentially expressed genes between BCL6(+)/MYC+ and BCL2(+)/MYC+ double-hit lymphomas. BCL2(+)/MYC+ double-hit lymphomas more frequently showed a germinal center B-like gene expression profile. Analysis of all lymphomas according to MYC partner (IG/non-IG) revealed no substantial differences. In this series of lymphomas, in which immunochemotherapy was administered in only a minority of cases, single-hit and double-hit lymphomas had a similar poor outcome in contrast to the outcome of molecular Burkitt lymphoma and lymphomas without the MYC break. Our data suggest that, after excluding molecular Burkitt lymphoma and pediatric cases, MYC+ lymphomas are biologically quite homogeneous with single-hit and double-hit lymphomas as well as IG-MYC and non-IG-MYC+ lymphomas sharing various molecular characteristics.
Das Bestreben, den Aufbau, die Funktion sowie die Entwicklung des Immunsystems zu verstehen, steht schon lange Zeit im Zentrum des Interesses vieler Forschungsarbeiten, insbesondere um auf Grundlage der gewonnenen Erkenntnisse neue Behandlungsansätze für immunologisch relevante Krankheitsbilder zu entwickeln.
Stillen könnte ein wichtiger Faktor sein, der bei der Entwicklung und Differenzierung von T-Zell-Subpopulationen und Zytokinmustern im Säuglings- und Kindesalter eine bedeutende Rolle spielt.
Die Zielsetzung der hier vorgelegten Promotionsarbeit war es, den potentiellen Effekt des Faktors Stillen auf die Entwicklung, die Verteilung und die Differenzierung von Zell-populationen sowie die Expression von Zytokinen bei gesunden Kindern zu untersuchen. Dies geschah insbesondere im Hinblick auf einen möglicherweise vorhandenen Shift der relativen Verteilung der TH1- und TH2-Zytokinen, da in retrospektiven Kohortenstudien bereits gezeigt werden konnte, dass gestillte Kinder eine geringere Anfälligkeit gegenüber schwerwiegenden bakteriellen Infektionen (BACHRACH ET AL., 2003) sowie einer verminderten Inzidenz von Autoimmunerkrankungen (KOLETZKO ET AL., 1989; PISACANE ET AL., 1994) aufweisen.
Die Studienkohorte bestand aus 196 gesunden Kindern im Alter zwischen 26 Tagen und 12 Jahren und 352 Tagen. Diese wurde in vier Altersgruppen unterteilt (<1, 1- <3, 3- <6 und 6-<13 Jahre) und mittels eines Fragebogens im Hinblick auf ein möglicherweise vorhandenes Bias bezüglich exogener Einflussfaktoren wie Impfungen, Nikotinexposition (FELESZKO ET AL., 2006) und allergische Erkrankungen in der Familie (HRDÝ ET AL., 2010), die in diesem Zusammenhang diskutiert werden, überprüft. Dabei zeigten sich keine signifikanten Unter-schiede zwischen den Gruppen.
Alle immunologischen Parameter wurden in peripherem, heparinisiertem Blut ermittelt. Zunächst wurde mittels Durchflusszytometrie (FACS) eine Phänotypisierung, anhand von antikörpermarkierten Oberflächenantigenen der T-, B- und NK-Zellpopulationen („Immun-status“), durchgeführt. Des Weiteren wurden die mononuklearen Zellen des peripheren Blutes (PBMC) mittels PMA und Ionomycin stimuliert und die Zytokinsekretion durch Brefeldin blockiert. Durch FACS-Analyse wurde die nach 20-24 stündiger Anregung in der Kultur vorhandene intrazellulärer Zytokinexpression von IL2, IFNγ, TNFα, IL4, IL10, TGFβ und IL17 in den T-Zellpopulationen ermittelt. In einem zweiten Schritt wurde der Quotient aus IFNγ und IL4 berechnet, um das Verhältnis zwischen TH1 und TH2 zu analysieren.
Das Datenmaterial zeigt die Entwicklung der T-Zell-Subpopulationen mit dem Alter. Junge Kinder zeigen eine durch regulatorische T-Zellen (Treg) bzw. TH0-Zellen vorherrschende TGFβ und IL2-Expression, während ältere Kinder das gesamte Repertoire an TH1 (IFNγ, TNFα) und TH2-Zytokinen (IL4), insbesondere durch T-Gedächtniszellen, exprimieren. Diese Ergebnisse bestätigten bereits zuvor beschriebene – vom Faktor Stillen unabhängige – altersabhängige Veränderungen der Zellpopulationen und der Zytokinexpression. Aus diesem Grund konnte von einer „normalen Verteilung“ der Studienkohorte ausgegangen werden.
Zwischen gestillten und nicht-gestillten Kindern hat sich gezeigt, dass sich die Größe und das Verhältnis der übergeordneten Zellpopulationen (T-Helferzellen, zytotoxische T-Zellen) sowie die Reifung der T-Zellen (naive T-Zellen, T-Gedächtniszellen) bezogen auf das Alter nicht unterscheiden. Hingegen zeigt der Faktor Stillen in der Tat einen Einfluss auf die TH1/TH2-Balance. Bei gestillten Kindern lässt sich eine stärkere Gewichtung in Richtung der TH2-Zytokine feststellen (niedrigere IFNγ/IL4-Ratio), so dass davon auszugehen ist, dass Stillen einen so genannten TH2-Shift induziert. Dieses gegenüber nicht-gestillten Kindern „verschobene“ Gleichgewicht bleibt bis zur Altersgruppe der 6-13 Jährigen konstant. Gestillte Kinder haben zudem, im Vergleich zu Formula-ernährten Kindern, ein höheres Vermögen TH1-Zytokine wie TNFα und IFNγ zwischen dem dritten und sechsten Lebensjahr zu bilden.
Diese Daten entsprechen nicht einem vorherrschenden TH2-Muster und einer Allergiedisposition, aber sie können die geringere Inzidenz von bakteriellen Infektionen im Vorschulalter (TH1-Antworten benötigt) und von TH1-vermittelten Autoimmunerkrankungen bei gestillten Kindern erklären.
Aufgrund der Ergebnisse wird deutlich, dass Muttermilch einen bedeutenden Einfluss auf das Immunsystem hat. Insbesondere konnte gezeigt werden, dass der Einfluss der Muttermilchernährung über den eigentlichen Zeitraum des Stillens hinausreicht. Eine Prägung des Immunsystems durch die Muttermilch, während der frühen Kindheit, erscheint deshalb sehr wahrscheinlich. Diese Ergebnisse sollten selbstverständlich durch weiterreichende Studien, die eventuell vorhandene weitere Störgrößen wie genetische Prädispositionen oder auch Umwelttoxine einschließen, verifiziert werden.
Zudem wäre es von Interesse welche in der Muttermilch enthaltene Stoffe zu diesem TH2-Shift beitragen oder ob es sich bei den Einflussfaktoren vielmehr um in der Muttermilch nicht enthaltene Stoffe handelt, die in Formula-Nahrung enthalten sind, wie zum Beispiel Kuhmilchantigene.
Schlussendlich bleibt festzuhalten, dass Muttermilch erwiesene positive Vorteile mit sich bringt, wie geringere Infektionsraten (Atemwegsinfektionen, Otitis media) und eine Risiko-verminderung für bestimmte Erkrankungen (Diabetes mellitus Typ1, Morbus Crohn, Multiple Sklerose) im späteren Leben. Die Ergebnisse dieser Arbeit können bestätigen, dass das Stillen mit Muttermilch tatsächlich einen Einfluss auf die Entwicklung des individuellen Immunsystems hat, der auch nach dem Abstillen weiter anhält.
Eine wichtige Rolle kann diese Erkenntnis bei der Beratung werdender Mütter spielen, gerade in Hinblick auf ein gegebenenfalls erhöhtes endogenes familiäres Risiko für beispielsweise Autoimmunerkrankungen. Folgearbeiten sind sicher wünschenswert, um den pathophysiologischen Hintergrund dieser beobachteten Daten besser zu verstehen.
CD40-restringierte Aktivierung der TRAIL-Todesrezeptoren durch bifunktionelle rekombinante Proteine
(2014)
Der Ligand TRAIL wurde 1997 aufgrund seiner hohen Sequenzhomolgie ge-genüber dem TNFL CD95L entdeckt (28 %). Allerdings besitzt TRAIL, anders als die Liganden CD95L und TNF, die bemerkenswerte Eigenschaft vor allem in veränderten Zellen Apoptose zu induzieren, während gesunde Zellen davor bewahrt werden. Die TRAIL-induzierte Apoptose wird durch die apoptoseinduzierenden Todesrezeptoren TRAILR1 und TRAILR2 vermittelt. Allerdings bindet und aktiviert lösliches TRAIL hauptsächlich den Todesrezeptor TRAILR1, während membrangebundes TRAIL sowohl TRAILR1 als auch TRAILR2 gut aktiviert. In den letzten Jahren wurden verschiedene Methoden entwickelt, um die Bioaktivität löslicher TNFL zu steigern. Hierzu zählen z.B.: Stabilisierung der trimeren Molekülanordnung über die TNC-Domäne, Oligomerisierung des Flag-getaggten Liganden mithilfe des monoklonalen Antikörpers M2, sowie Generierung einer artifiziellen, antigenabhängigen Membranständigkeit. In dieser Arbeit wurde der Oberflächenrezeptor CD40 zur Immobilisierung des generierten Fusionsproteins scFv:CD40-Flag-TNC-TRAIL genutzt. In verschieden Experimenten konnten mit scFv:CD40-Flag-TNC-TRAIL in CD40-exprimierenden Zellen starke Apoptoseinduktion ermittelt werden. Charakteris-tische Kennzeichen und Spaltprodukte der Apoptose konnten ausschließlich in CD40-positiven Tumorzellen detektiert werden. Dabei wurde in allen Versuchen die für die Apoptoseinduktion benötigte Konzentration des Konstrukts mithilfe des Proteinsyntheseinhibitors CHX um das 10- bis 100-fache verringert. Es konnte auch gezeigt werden, dass in CD40-positiven Zellen, nach Stimulation mit scFv:CD40-Flag-TNC-TRAIL, nicht-apoptotische Signalwege verstärkt aktiviert werden. Dies war auf die agonistische Aktivität des monoklonalen Antikörperfragments scFv:CD40 zurückzuführen. Die Antikörperdomäne war folglich nicht nur zur effizienten Aktivierung der TRAIL-Todesrezeptoren mittels Immobilisierung fähig, sondern konnte zusätzlich zur Stimulation des Immunsystems genutzt werden. Zusammenfassend konnte gezeigt werden, dass der lösliche, schwach aktive Ligand TRAIL mittels Oberflächenimmobilisierung über Antigen-Antikörper-Wechselwirkungen in einen hochaktiven Liganden mit lokal begrenzter Toxizität überführt werden kann.
Mithilfe dieses Fusionsproteins ist es somit möglich die selektive Toxizität von TRAIL durch Steigerung seiner Aktivität effizient zu nutzen. Zusätzlich kann durch die Antigenbindung der Wirkungsbereich weiter eingegrenzt werden (CD40-positive Tumoren), wodurch unerwünschte Nebenwirkungen reduziert oder sogar ausgeschaltet werden können. Das in Tumoren oft heruntergefahrene Immunsystem kann CD40-abhängig stimuliert werden, um somit auch Tumorzellen in apoptoseresistenten Stadien zu eliminieren. Basierend auf diesen Ergebnissen können in der Zukunft weitere Studien zur Therapie von TRAIL-resistenten, CD40-exprimierenden Tumoren fortgeführt werden.
Measles virus (MV) efficiently causes generalized immunosuppression which accounts to a major extent for cases of measles-asscociated severe morbidity and mortality. MV infections alter many functions of antigen presenting cells (APC) (dendritic cells (DCs)) and lymphocytes, yet many molecular targets of the virus remain poorly defined. Cellular interactions and effector functions of DCs and lymphocytes are regulated by surface receptors. Associating with other proteins involved in cell signaling, receptors form part of receptosomes that respond to and transmit external signals through dynamic interctions with the cytoskeleton. Alterations in the composition and metabolism of membrane sphingolipids have a substantial impact on both processes. In this review we focus on the regulation of sphingomyelinase activity and ceramide release in cells exposed to MV and discuss the immunosuppressive role of sphingomyelin breakdown induced by MV.
Die Identifikation der Bindungsspezifitäten von Proteininteraktionsdomänen und damit letztlich auch die Fähigkeit potentielle Bindungspartner dieser in vivo vorherzusagen bildet ein grundlegendes Element für das Verständnis der biologischen Funktionen dieser Domänen. In dieser Arbeit wurde untersucht, inwieweit solche Vorhersagen bezüglich der SH3-Domäne – als Beispiel für eine Proteininteraktionsdomäne – mithilfe von Support-Vector-Machines (SVMs) möglich sind, wenn diesen als Informationsquelle ausschließlich die innerhalb der Aminosäuresequenz der Domäne konservierten Informationen zur Verfügung stehen. Um den SVM-basierten Klassifikator zu trainieren und zu validieren, wurde ein Satz aus 51 SH3-Domänen verwendet, die zuvor entsprechend ihrer Ligandenpräferenz in ein System aus acht verschiedenen Klassen eingeteilt worden waren. Da die innerhalb der Aminosäuresequenzen konservierten Informationen in abstrakte Zahlenwerte konvertiert werden mussten (Voraussetzung für mathematisch basierte Klassifikatoren wie SVMs), wurde jede Aminosäuresequenz durch ihren jeweiligen Fisher-Score-Vektor ausgedrückt. Die Ergebnisse erbrachten einen Klassifikationserror, welcher weit unterhalb des Zufallsniveaus lag, was darauf hindeutet, dass sich die Bindungsspezifität (Klasse) einer SH3-Domäne in der Tat von seiner Aminosäuresequenz ableiten lassen dürfte. Mithilfe klassenspezifisch emittierter, artifizieller Sequenzen, implementiert in den Trainingsprozess des Klassifikators, um etwaigen nachteiligen Auswirkungen von Overfitting zu entgegenzuwirken, sowie durch Berücksichtigung taxonomischer Informationen des Klassensystems während Training und Validierung, ließ sich der Klassifikationserror sogar noch weiter senken und lag schließlich bei lediglich 35,29% (vergleiche Zufall: 7/8 = 87.50%). Auch die Nutzung von Feature Selections zur Abmilderung Overfitting-bedingter, negativer Effekte lieferte recht vielversprechende Ergebnisse, wenngleich ihr volles Potential aufgrund von Software-Beschränkungen nicht ausgenutzt werden konnte.
Die Analyse der Positionen im Sequence-Alignment, welche für den SVM- basierten Klassifikator am relevantesten waren, zeigte, dass diese häufig mit Positionen korrelierten, von denen angenommen wird auch in vivo eine Schlüsselrolle bei der Determination der Bindungsspezifität (Klasse) zu spielen. Dies unterstreicht nicht nur die Reliabilität des präsentierten Klassifikators, es gibt auch Grund zur Annahme, dass das Verfahren möglicherweise auch als Supplement anderer Ansätze genutzt werden könnte, welche zum Ziel haben die Positionen zu identifizieren, die die Ligandenpräferenz in vivo determinieren. Informationen, die nicht nur für ein besseres Verständnis der SH3-Domäne (und möglicherweise auch anderer Proteininteraktionsdomänen) von grundlegender Bedeutung sind, sondern auch aus pharmakologischer Sicht von großem Interesse sein dürften.
Drilus beetle larvae (Coleoptera: Elateridae) are specialized predators of land snails. Here, we describe various aspects of the predator-prey interactions between multiple Drilus species attacking multiple Albinaria (Gastropoda: Clausiliidae) species in Greece. We observe that Drilus species may be facultative or obligate Albinaria-specialists. We map geographically varying predation rates in Crete, where on average 24% of empty shells carry fatal Drilus bore holes. We also provide first-hand observations and video-footage of prey entry and exit strategies of the Drilus larvae, and evaluate the potential mutual evolutionary impacts. We find limited evidence for an effect of shell features and snail behavioral traits on inter-and intraspecifically differing predation rates. We also find that Drilus predators adjust their predation behavior based on specific shell traits of the prey. In conclusion, we suggest that, with these baseline data, this interesting predator-prey system will be available for further, detailed more evolutionary ecology studies.
Die stereotaktische Bestrahlung als Therapie der Wahl bei Tumorerkrankungen ist, verglichen mit anderen Therapieverfahren ein sehr junges Behandlungsverfahren.
Diese Studie evaluiert die Therapie von Abdomen- und Beckentumoren mittels körperstereotaktischer Bestrahlung, stellt die klinischen Ergebnisse dieser Behandlungsform vor und versucht, wie andere Arbeiten in diesem Bereich, bestehende Therapieschemata zu verbessern bzw. patientenkonformer zu gestalten. Das rekrutierte Patientenkollektiv umfasst lediglich fünf Patienten mit primärem Lebertumor
(siehe Tab. 9), was die Aussagekraft der Studie zu dieser Tumorentität einschränkt.
Im Vergleich zu anderen Studien wie zum Beispiel der von Mendez-Romero et al. [89] oder Blomgren et al. [7] entwickelten die Patienten dieser Studie nur geringgradige Toxizitäten. Darüber hinaus konnte gezeigt werden, dass die Wahrscheinlichkeit für ein Auftreten von Akut- bzw. Spättoxizitäten sinkt, wenn das Bestrahlungsvolumen des Lebertumors klein ist und das den Tumor umgebende Gewebe geschützt wird [8].
Die in der Studie gewonnenen Ergebnisse und auch der Vergleich mit anderen Studien zeigen, dass die Behandlung von Leberprimärtumoren mittels Radiotherapie, vor allem bei Bestehen von Komorbiditäten wie zum Beispiel der Leberzirrhose, eine effektive und nebenwirkungsarme Therapieoption darstellt, die in Bezug auf bestrahlungsinduzierte Nebenwirkungen gut verträglich ist.
Mit Aufkommen der stereotaktischen Radiotherapie eignet sich die Bestrahlung auch als Primärtherapie bei Lebermetastasen. Es lassen sich vier Schlüsse ziehen bezüglich der radiotherapeutischen Behandlung von sekundären Lebertumoren: 1. Die Wahl des Verfahrens wird bestimmt durch die Anzahl der Leberläsionen und deren Größe. Bei bis zu drei Läsionen und einer Größe von 5 cm bis 10 cm ist eine Bestrahlung dieser möglich [104]. 2. Ergebnisse dieser Studie als auch Ergebnisse veröffentlicht von Milano [106] oder Herfarth [8] zeigten, dass kleine Zielvolumina bis 47 ccm einen positiven Einfluss auf den Schweregrad der Toxizitäten sowie die Manifestation von Rezidiven haben. Darüber hinaus wird die Wahrscheinlichkeit einer Kuration erhöht durch einen guten Allgemeinzustand des Patienten bei Therapiebeginn [104].
Außerdem zeigte die eigene Studie eine statistische Signifikanz zwischen Overall survival und einem guten Karnofsky-Index (STATISTICA-Graph 7).
3. High-dose Bestrahlungseinheiten mit Dosen von 3 x 12,5Gy oder 1 x 26Gy sind hinsichtlich der zu erwartenden niedriggradig ausfallenden Toxizitäten gerechtfertigt und versprechen darüber hinaus bessere lokale Kontrollen im Vergleich zu einer low-dose Therapie.
4. Bei hepatisch metastasiertem kolorektalem Karzinom ist die chirurgische Exzision nach wie vor das therapeutische Verfahren der Wahl, vor allem bei multiplem Leberbefall. Allerdings veranschaulichen die klinischen Ergebnisse, die in dieser Arbeit unter anderem bzgl. der hepatisch metastasierten kolorektalen Karzinome als auch der Mammakarzinome vorgestellt wurden, die Notwendigkeit einer Anpassung des radiotherapeutischen Verfahrens an die vorliegende Tumorentität.
Die Patienten, welche an einem kolorektalen Rezidiv erkrankt waren, wurden alle im Rahmen der Primärtumortherapie operativ versorgt. Die Bedeutung einer radiotherapeutischen Behandlung liegt im Falle des kolorektalen Rezidivs vor allem in Therapiesituationen in denen eine Resektion nicht möglich erscheint sowie im Rahmen der Palliation. In letztgenanntem Fall sollte die Strahlendosis nicht zu hoch gewählt werden, da dies höhergradige Akut- bzw. Spättoxizitäten zur Folge hat sowie ein schlechteres Disease-Free-Survival; Dies gilt insbesondere für Patienten mit radiogener Vorbelastung.
Im Rahmen der Datenauswertung der Patientinnen mit gynäkologischem Rezidiv zeigt sich eine Beeinflussung des Outcomes durch die Lokalisation des Tumors sowie dessen Ausdehnung: kleine Rezidive (bis 4,5 cm) und eine paravaginale Lage wiesen das längste DFS und eine positive Korrelation bzgl. einer längeren Überlebenszeit auf [124] [125]. Darüber hinaus hat ein kurzes Intervall von Primarius zu Rezidiv keinen negativen Einfluss auf das DFS nach Behandlung des Rezidivtumors [123].
Die Ergebnisse dieser Studie zeigen, dass die Radiotherapie in Form der stereotaktischen Bestrahlung eine effektive und nebenwirkungsarme Therapieform darstellt, deren Potential im Sinne des Einsatzspektrums dieses Therapieverfahrens noch nicht ausgeschöpft ist. Hier bedarf es weiterer klinischer Studien um Faktoren wie z.B. der Bestrahlungsdosis dem jeweiligen Tumorcharakter anzupassen.
Die vorliegende Arbeit beschreibt die Entwicklung von SiO2-basierten nano- und mikroskalig strukturierten Schichten, welche eine Temperaturstabilität > 500 °C sowie eine Strukturtreue > 90 % aufzeigen. Diese wurden unter Verwendung von hybridpolymeren, partikelmodifizierten Sol-Gel-Vorstufen via UV-basierter Nanoimprintlithographie (UV-NIL) hergestellt. Der Einfluss chemischer und verfahrenstechnischer Syntheseparameter auf die anorganische Netzwerkbildung der flüssigen Vorstufe (hybridpolymerer Binder), die Polymerisation und Verdichtung der hybridpolymeren Sol-Gel-Schichten während der thermischen Härtung sowie deren Strukturierung via UV-NIL wurden im Detail untersucht und die erhaltenen Zusammenhänge mit den resultierenden Materialeigenschaften korreliert. Dabei dienten die Kenntnisse hinsichtlich des Schrumpf- und Verdichtungsverhaltens von planaren Schichten als Basis für die daraus hergestellten, strukturierten Schichten.
Background
Kaposi sarcoma (KS) is a malignant disease most commonly diagnosed in the setting of a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and in patients receiving immunosuppressive treatment. Pulmonary KS has never been reported in association with endogenous Cushing’s syndrome (CS).
Case presentation
A 60-year-old woman presented with symptoms and signs of CS. Adrenal CS was confirmed by standard biochemical evaluation. Imaging revealed a right adrenal lesion (diameter 3.5 cm) and multiple pulmonary nodules, suggesting a cortisol-secreting adrenal carcinoma with pulmonary metastases. The patient underwent right adrenalectomy with a pathohistological diagnosis of an adrenal adenoma. Subsequent thoracoscopic wedge resection of one lung lesion revealed pulmonary KS with positive immunostaining for human herpes virus 8 (HHV-8). HIV-serology was negative. Hydrocortisone replacement was initiated for secondary adrenal insufficiency after surgery. Post-operative follow up imaging showed complete remission of all KS-related pulmonary nodules solely after resolution of hypercortisolism.
Conclusion
KS may occur in the setting of endogenous CS and may go into remission after cure of hypercortisolism without further specific treatment.
LC-ESI und MALDI-Massenspektrometrische Analyse nativer und derivatisierter Zucker und Glykane
(2014)
Glykane sind weitverbreitete Biomoleküle, die meist in Form von Glykokonjugaten, wie beispielsweise als Glykoproteine oder Glykolipide, vorliegen. Durch die Interaktion von Glykanen mit Glykan-bindenden Proteinen wird eine Vielzahl an biochemischen Prozessen ausgelöst, sowohl physiologischer, als auch pathologischer Art. Die Aufklärung der beteiligten Glykanstrukturen ist daher nicht nur wichtig für das Verständnis dieser Prozesse, sondern kann auch Hinweise auf verschiedene Erkrankungen geben.
Die Identifizierung von Glykanstrukturen kann über verschiedene Wege erfolgen. In der instrumentellen Analytik spielt dabei vor allem die ESI- und MALDI Massenspektrometrie eine wichtige Rolle, da diese sowohl für Detektion, als auch Fragmentierung großer Biomoleküle geeignet sind. Um die Analyse von Zuckern mittels chromatographischer und massenspektrometrischer Methoden zu erleichtern, werden häufig Derivatisierungsreagenzien eingesetzt. Diese verringern die Polarität der Zucker und erleichtern die Detektion durch das Einbringen von Chromo- oder Fluorophoren. Zur Derivatisierung am reduzierenden Terminus von Glykanen und Zuckern eignen sich vor allem Aminierungsreagenzien oder Hydrazide. Hydrazide haben gegenüber anderen Derivatisierungsreagenzien den Vorteil einer einfachen, salzfreien Umsetzung, aus der ein stabiles Derivat mit geschlossenem terminalen Zuckerring hervorgeht.
Für die vorliegende Arbeit wurde die Derivatisierung mit den neuen Hydrazid Reagenzien INH und BINH, sowie dem bereits von Dr. P. Kapková bearbeiteten BACH untersucht. Als Vergleich dienten die underivatisierten Kohlenhydrate, wie auch das standardmäßig eingesetzte Aminierungsreagenz 2-AB. Dabei sollte das Ver-halten verschiedener Zucker und Glykane in Bezug auf chromatographische Trennung, Signalintensität und Fragmentierung analysiert werden.
Zunächst wurde die Umsetzung von Mono-, Di- und Trisacchariden mit den neuen Derivatisierungsreagenzien INH und BINH optimiert. Dadurch konnte bei beiden Substanzen die komplette Umsetzung der Zucker in ihre Derivate gewährleistet werden. Auch die Derivatisierung mit Hilfe der Mikrowelle konnte bei INH erfolgreich durchgeführt werden. Auf diese Weise ließ sich die Reaktionszeit, im Vergleich zu den im Thermo-mixer® benötigten 90 Minuten, auf 20 Minuten verkürzen. Aufgrund der großen Men-gen an Zucker und Derivatisierungsreagenz, die für die Umsetzung in der Mikrowelle nötig sind, war der Versuch jedoch nur für INH geeignet.
Im nächsten Schritt wurde das Trennverhalten der verschiedenen Mono-, Di- und Tri-saccharid-Derivate auf RP-C18- und HILIC-Phasen untersucht. Bei den Monosaccha-riden konnte durch keines der Derivate eine vollständige Trennung auf einer der Pha-sen erreicht werden. Das beste Ergebnis wurde durch INH auf der HILIC-Säule erzielt, doch auch dort konnten die Epimere Glucose, Mannose und Galactose nicht vollstän-dig separiert werden. Die Trennung der Disaccharide Maltose, Cellobiose und Lactose konnte auf der HILIC-Phase mit allen Derivaten außer BACH erfolgreich durchgeführt werden, auf der RP-C18 erwies sich dagegen nur 2-AB als geeignet. Bei den Trisac-chariden 3'SLN und 6'SLN konnten sowohl underivatisierte Zucker, als auch sämtliche Derivate mittels HILIC getrennt werden. Auch auf der C18-Phase war eine Trennung der BINH, BACH und 2-AB-Derivate möglich. Des Weiteren konnte durch die Derivati-sierungen die Signalintensität gegenüber den underivatisierten Zuckern deutlich gesteigert werden.
Nach ihrer Trennung lassen sich massegleiche Di- und Trisaccharide anhand des Fragmentierungsmusters unterscheiden. Während bei den underivatisierten Disaccha-riden Maltose, Cellobiose und Lactose die charakteristischen Fragmente nur schwach sichtbar waren, konnte mit Hilfe der Hydrazide INH, BINH und BACH die Differenzie-rung deutlich erleichtert werden. Die 2-AB-Derivatisierung zeigte dagegen keine Ver-besserung der Fragmentierungseigenschaften. Bei der Unterscheidung der Trisaccharide 3’SLN und 6’SLN waren ebenfalls sowohl underivatisierte, als auch Hydrazid-derivatisierte Zucker im Vorteil gegenüber den 2-AB-Derivaten.
Die Derivatisierung der N-Glykane von Ribonuclease B und Ovalbumin führte bei der Analyse mittels MALDI-TOF zu einer deutlichen Steigerung der Sensitivität. Beispiels-weise ließen sich bei den Glykanen des Ovalbumins durch die Derivatisierungen drei zusätzliche Strukturen im Vergleich zu den nativen Glykanen detektieren. Auch das Fragmentierungsverhalten der Glykane am MALDI-TOF/TOF konnte mit Hilfe der Derivatisierungen erheblich verbessert werden. Besonders die Umsetzung mit BINH führte zu einer Vielzahl charakteristischer Ringfragmente, wodurch die Aufklärung der verschiedenen Glykanstrukturen deutlich vereinfacht wurde. Auch im Vergleich zu 2 AB zeigten die Hydrazid-Derivate sowohl bessere Fragmentierungseigenschaften, als auch eine einfachere Handhabung für die Messung mittels MALDI-MS.
Eine weitere Möglichkeit zur Identifikation von Glykanstrukturen liegt in der spezifischen Bindung durch Lektine. Diese Untersuchung gibt des Weiteren auch einen Hinweis auf funktionelle Eigenschaften der Glykane. Dafür wird die hohe Affinität von Biotin-haltigen Derivatisierungsreagenzien zu Avidin und Streptavidin genutzt. Nach der auf diese Weise erfolgten Immobilisierung der Glykane können diese mittels spezifischer Lektine nachgewiesen werden. Die Eignung des neuen Derivatisierungsreagen-zes BINH für diese Zwecke wurde anhand eines Glykan-Arrays getestet. Dadurch ließ sich bestätigen, dass BINH-derivatisierte Glykane und Zucker sowohl in der Lage sind an Streptavidin zu binden, als auch durch Lektine nachgewiesen werden können. Daher kann davon ausgegangen werden, dass BINH grundsätzlich für den Einsatz in bio-chemischen Methoden geeignet ist.
Zusammenfassend lässt sich sagen, dass die Derivatisierung von Kohlenhydraten mit INH, BINH und BACH zu einer deutlichen Verbesserung der Trenn- und Fragmentierungseigenschaften führten. Dadurch konnten Identifizierung und Strukturanalyse sowohl von kleinen Zuckern, als auch von Glykanen erleichtert werden. Im Vergleich zu dem Standard-Derivatisierungsreagenz 2-AB zeigten die Hydrazide nicht nur im Bereich der Fragmentierungen, sondern auch durch die einfachere Derivatisierungsreaktion wesentliche Vorteile.
Two-dimensional electron gases (2DEGs) at transition-metal oxide (TMO) interfaces, and boundary states in topological insulators, are being intensively investigated. The former system harbors superconductivity, large magneto-resistance, and ferromagnetism. In the latter, honeycomb-lattice geometry plus bulk spin-orbit interactions lead to topologically protected spin-polarized bands. 2DEGs in TMOs with a honeycomb-like structure could yield new states of matter, but they had not been experimentally realized, yet. We successfully created a 2DEG at the (111) surface of KTaO3, a strong insulator with large spin-orbit coupling. Its confined states form a network of weakly-dispersing electronic gutters with 6-fold symmetry, a topology novel to all known oxide-based 2DEGs. If those pertain to just one Ta-(111) bilayer, model calculations predict that it can be a topological metal. Our findings demonstrate that completely new electronic states, with symmetries not realized in the bulk, can be tailored in oxide surfaces, promising for TMO-based devices.
ZIEL
Ziel dieser Untersuchung war anhand von dreidimensionalen Datensätzen die Dimensionen und die Morphologie der Sella turcica zwischen zwei klar definierten Gruppen von Klasse III-Dysgnathiepatienten und von Klasse I-Patienten zu vergleichen.
METHODE UND PATIENTEN
Zur Untersuchung wurden 140 DVT-Datensätze kaukasischer Patienten, deren Alter über 16 Jahren lag, genutzt. 88 Patienten (♀41, ♂47) wurden der skelettalen Klasse III und 52 Patienten (♀26, ♂26) wurden der skelettalen Klasse I, der sogenannten Kontrollgruppe zugeordnet. Für die Gruppe der Klasse III-Patienten wurden DVTs genutzt, die als präoperative Diagnostik für eine geplante Umstellungsosteotomie angefertigt wurden. Die Patienten der Klasse I-Gruppe mussten die Kriterien Vollbezahnung und Normokklusion erfüllen und mindestens einen der folgenden Werte: SNA= 81° ± 3,5°, NSBa= 124°-136°, korrigierter WITs= 0 mm ± 2 mm. Ausschlusskriterien waren Tumore, Lippen-Kiefer-Gaumenspalten und kraniofaziale Syndrome.
ERGEBNISSE
Bezüglich der metrischen Daten zeigten sich beim Vergleich der Sellae der beiden Gruppen in der vertikalen Dimension für die Klasse III-Gruppe kleinere Werte, für die sagittalen Dimensionen hingegen größere Werte, sodass man sagen kann, dass die Sellae turcicae der Klasse III-Gruppe eher länger und flacher waren. Während bei der transversalen Betrachtung der anteriore Interclinoid-Abstand bei der Klasse III-Gruppe größer war als bei der Kontrollgruppe, war der posteriore signifikant kleiner. Beim geschlechterspezifischen Vergleich der metrischen Daten zeigte sich in der Klasse III-Gruppe und in der Kontrollgruppe für den anterioren Interclinoid-Abstand ein signifikanter Unterschied, da beim männlichen Geschlecht jeweils ein deutlich größerer Abstand zu messen war. In der Klasse III-Gruppe zeigte sich ebenfalls beim männlichen Geschlecht rechts eine größere Höhe der Sella, als beim weiblichen – auch dieser Vergleich war signifikant. Ansonsten waren keine signifikanten Geschlechtsunterschiede bezüglich der Metrik zu verzeichnen. Beim Vergleich der Morphologie der Sella zwischen den Gruppen zeigte sich sowohl beim Bridging als auch beim Caroticoclinoid-Foramen Typ II ein deutlich gehäuftes Auftreten im Vergleich zur Kontrollgruppe. Diese Gruppenvergleiche zeigten signifikante Unterschiede. Das Caroticoclinoid-Foramen Typ I war ebenfalls bei der skelettalen Klasse III-Gruppe häufiger vertreten – ein signifikanter Unterschied wurde nur knapp verfehlt. Der geschlechtsspezifische morphologische Vergleich ergab keinerlei signifikante Unterschiede.
SCHLUSSFOLGERUNG
Da ähnliche dreidimensionale Studien bislang fehlen, ist der Vergleich mit anderen Studienergebnissen, bei denen zweidimensionale Röntgenaufnahmen oder Schädel als Grundlage dienten, erschwert. Deutlich zeigt sich bei der vorliegenden Studie die erhöhte Informationsmenge, da im Vergleich zu Studien, bei denen Fernröntgenseitenbilder verwendet wurden, alle drei Raumebenen untersucht werden konnten. Die Ergebnisse zeigen eindeutig, dass die Metrik der Sella bei Klasse III-Patienten von der der Kontrollgruppe abweicht – die Sellae turcicae sind eher flacher und länger. Deutlich ist auch das gehäufte und das zum Teil signifikant höhere Auftreten von Bridgings und Caroticoclinoid-Foramina Typ I und II bei den Patienten der Klasse III-Gruppe im Vergleich zur Klasse I-Gruppe. Aufgrund der dreidimensionalen Untersuchungsmethode der vorliegenden Studie – im Vergleich zu den bisher meist zweidimensional durchgeführten Untersuchungen in anderen Studien – sind die Ergebnisse ein eindeutiger Beleg für den Zusammenhang von morphologischen und metrischen Änderungen der Sella bei Patienten mit skelettaler Klasse III. Um noch mehr wichtige Informationen in diesem Bereich gewinnen zu können, sind weitere dreidimensionale Untersuchungen wünschenswert.
Due to the rotation of the earth in the solar system all inhabitants of our planet are exposed to regular environmental changes since more than 3.5 billion years. In order to anticipate these predictable changes in the environment, evolutionarily conserved biological rhythms have evolved in most organisms – ranging from ancient cyanobacteria up to human beings – and also at different levels of organization – from single cells up to behavior. These rhythms are endogenously generated by so called circadian clocks in our body and entrained to the 24 h cycle by external timing cues. In multi-cellular organisms the majority of the cells in the body is equipped with such an oscillator. In mammals, the circadian system is structured in a hierarchical fashion: A central pacemaker resides in the bilateral suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) of the hypothalamus, while subsidiary peripheral clocks exist in nearly every tissue and organ.
In contrast to the aforementioned recurrent environmental changes most organisms are also exposed to unpredictable changes in the environment. In order to adapt to these sudden alterations the acute activation of the stress response system, involving the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis and the sympathetic nervous system, displays a fundamental survival mechanism. However, if activation of the stress system becomes chronic, devastating somatic and affective disorders might be the consequence.
At first glance, the circadian and the stress system seem to represent two separate bodily control systems that are involved in adaptation to predictable and unpredictable stimuli, respectively. However, both systems are fundamental for survival, and thus, communicate with each other at various levels. Early studies already demonstrated that stressor exposure at different times of the diurnal cycle generates different stress effects, whereupon the type of stressor plays a pivotal role. Moreover, alterations in the SCN and peripheral circadian clocks could be shown following stressor exposure.
In cooperation with various co-workers, I investigated whether the stress responsiveness is modulated by the endogenous clock in a diurnal fashion and whether repeated psychosocial stress impacts the circadian clock depending on the time of day of stressor exposure. Therefore, male C57BL/6 mice were repeatedly exposed to a psychosocial stressor, either at the beginning of the inactive/light phase (SDL mice) or active/dark phase (SDD mice).
Subsequently, different behavioral, physiological/endocrine and immunological/ inflammatory consequences were assessed. It could be shown that the effects of repeated psychosocial stressor exposure strongly depend on the time of day of stressor exposure. The present results demonstrate that repeated daily stressor exposure has a more negative outcome when applied during the active/dark phase compared to the inactive/light phase. Stressor exposure during the active phase resulted in a loss of general activity, decreased interest in an unfamiliar conspecific, a shift towards a more pro-inflammatory body milieu, and rhythm disturbances in plasma hormones, all representing well-accepted hallmarks of depression. In contrast, C57BL/6 mice exposed to the stressor in their inactive phase exhibited minor physiological alterations that might prevent the formation of the maladaptive consequences mentioned above, thus representing beneficial adaptations.
The second focus of this thesis was put on the investigation of the effects of repeated psychosocial stressor exposure at different times of the light-dark cycle on various levels of the circadian system. An increased expression of the PERIOD2 (PER2) protein, which represents an essential core clock component, could be found in the SCN of mice repeatedly exposed to the stressor during their active phase. In consistence with the alterations in the central circadian pacemaker, the daily rhythm of different hormones and the activity rhythm were considerably affected by SDD. Mice exposed to the psychosocial stressor in their active phase showed a shifted, or absent, rhythm of the hormones corticosterone and leptin. Moreover, their activity was found to be phase-delayed, which seems to be attributable to the Period (Per) gene since Per1/Per2 double-mutants still exhibited their normal activity rhythm following 19 days of stressor exposure during the active phase. In contrast, a phase-advance in the peripheral adrenal gland clock could be seen in C57BL/6 mice subjected to the stressor during their inactive phase. This phase-shift might be required for maintaining the normal rhythmicity in hormonal release and activity.
It has previously been suggested that activation of the HPA axis upon stressor exposure at different times of the light-dark cycle is depending on whether the stressor is of physical or psychological nature. Data from the HPA axis analysis now refine previous findings, indicating that psychosocial stressors also modulate HPA axis responses based on the time of day of stressor presentation. The present results demonstrate that HPA axis activity was reduced following repeated stressor exposure during the active phase. It is reasonable to speculate that this reduced basal activity of the stress system represents a failure in HPA axis adjustment, which could contribute to the negative consequences of repeated psychosocial stressor exposure during the dark phase.
Taken together, it can be concluded that the endogenous clock in mice modulates the stress responsiveness in a circadian fashion and that repeated psychosocial stressor exposure affects the biological clock depending on the time of day of stressor presentation. Thereby, stressor exposure during the active phase results in a more negative outcome as compared to stressor experience during the inactive phase. It is assumed that the interaction between the circadian clock and the stress system is a complex issue that might ensure that the endogenous clock does not get out of synchrony in any order.
Background. Up to 75% of crop species benefit at least to some degree from animal pollination for fruit or seed set and yield. However, basic information on the level of pollinator dependence and pollinator contribution to yield is lacking for many crops. Even less is known about how insect pollination affects crop quality. Given that habitat loss and agricultural intensification are known to decrease pollinator richness and abundance, there is a need to assess the consequences for different components of crop production. Methods. We used pollination exclusion on flowers or inflorescences on a whole plant basis to assess the contribution of insect pollination to crop yield and quality in four flowering crops (spring oilseed rape, field bean, strawberry, and buckwheat) located in four regions of Europe. For each crop, we recorded abundance and species richness of flower visiting insects in ten fields located along a gradient from simple to heterogeneous landscapes. Results. Insect pollination enhanced average crop yield between 18 and 71% depending on the crop. Yield quality was also enhanced in most crops. For instance, oilseed rape had higher oil and lower chlorophyll contents when adequately pollinated, the proportion of empty seeds decreased in buckwheat, and strawberries' commercial grade improved; however, we did not find higher nitrogen content in open pollinated field beans. Complex landscapes had a higher overall species richness of wild pollinators across crops, but visitation rates were only higher in complex landscapes for some crops. On the contrary, the overall yield was consistently enhanced by higher visitation rates, but not by higher pollinator richness. Discussion. For the four crops in this study, there is clear benefit delivered by pollinators on yield quantity and/or quality, but it is not maximized under current agricultural intensification. Honeybees, the most abundant pollinator, might partially compensate the loss of wild pollinators in some areas, but our results suggest the need of landscape-scale actions to enhance wild pollinator populations.
We have discovered a new mechanism of monoallelic gene expression that links antigenic variation, cell cycle, and development in the model parasite Trypanosoma brucei. African trypanosomes possess hundreds of variant surface glycoprotein (VSG) genes, but only one is expressed from a telomeric expression site (ES) at any given time. We found that the expression of a second VSG alone is sufficient to silence the active VSG gene and directionally attenuate the ES by disruptor of telomeric silencing-1B (DOT1B)-mediated histone methylation. Three conserved expression-site-associated genes (ESAGs) appear to serve as signal for ES attenuation. Their depletion causes G1-phase dormancy and reversible initiation of the slender-to-stumpy differentiation pathway. ES-attenuated slender bloodstream trypanosomes gain full developmental competence for transformation to the tsetse fly stage. This surprising connection between antigenic variation and developmental progression provides an unexpected point of attack against the deadly sleeping sickness.
Viele der in der kieferorthopädischen Therapie verwendeten Messwerte stammen aus methodisch zumindest fragwürdigen Quellen. Um diese Werte zu überprüfen und den Einfluss einzelner Weichteilparameter auf die Attraktivität des Gesichtsprofils zu untersuchen, wurden von einem Durchschnittsgesicht in der Saggitalen verschiedene Variationen erstellt, wobei pro Bilderreihe jeweils nur ein Parameter verändert wurde. Zu untersuchende Parameter waren: Die Profiltypen nach AM Schwarz, das Gesichtshöhenverhältnis nach Kollman, Holdawaywinkel, Z-Winkel (Merrifield), Nasofacialwinkel, Nasolabialwinkel (obere und untere Komponente) sowie die Nasenlänge. Die Bilderserien wurden von Probanden hinsichtlich der Attraktivität bewertet und eine statistische Auswertung erstellt. Dabei wurden die nach hinten schiefen Gesichter deutlich besser bewertet als die geraden und nach vorne schiefen Profilverläufe. Ein über die untere Komponente verkleinerter Nasolabialwinkel wurde am besten bewertet. Ein flacheres Lippenprofil wurde im Holdaway- und Z-Winkel tendenziell besser bewertet.
We herein perform open circuit voltage decay (OCVD) measurements on methylammonium lead iodide (CH3NH3PbI3) perovskite solar cells to increase the understanding of the charge carrier recombination dynamics in this emerging technology. Optically pulsed OCVD measurements are conducted on CH3NH3PbI3 solar cells and compared to results from another type of thin-film photovoltaics, namely, the two reference polymer–fullerene bulk heterojunction solar cell devices based on P3HT:PC60BM and PTB7:PC70BM blends. We observe two very different time domains of the voltage transient in the perovskite solar cell with a first drop on a short time scale that is similar to the decay in the studied organic solar cells. However, 65%–70% of the maximum photovoltage persists on much longer timescales in the perovskite solar cell than in the organic devices. In addition, we find that the recombination dynamics in all time regimes are dependent on the starting illumination intensity, which is also not observed in the organic devices. We then discuss the potential origins of these unique behaviors.
Nasal colonization is a major risk factor for S. aureus infections. The mechanisms responsible for colonization are still not well understood and involve several factors on the host and the bacterial side. One key factor is the cell wall teichoic acid (WTA) of S. aureus, which governs direct interactions with nasal epithelial surfaces. We report here the first receptor for the cell wall glycopolymer WTA on nasal epithelial cells. In several assay systems this type F-scavenger receptor, termed SREC-I, bound WTA in a charge dependent manner and mediated adhesion to nasal epithelial cells in vitro. The impact of WTA and SREC-I interaction on epithelial adhesion was especially pronounced under shear stress, which resembles the conditions found in the nasal cavity. Most importantly, we demonstrate here a key role of the WTA-receptor interaction in a cotton rat model of nasal colonization. When we inhibited WTA mediated adhesion with a SREC-I antibody, nasal colonization in the animal model was strongly reduced at the early onset of colonization. More importantly, colonization stayed low over an extended period of 6 days. Therefore we propose targeting of this glycopolymer-receptor interaction as a novel strategy to prevent or control S. aureus nasal colonization.
Unlike induced \(Foxp3^+\) regulatory T cells (\(Foxp3^+\) \(iT_{reg}\)) that have been shown to play an essential role in the development of protective immunity to the ubiquitous mold Aspergillus fumigatus, type-(1)-regulatory T cells (Tr1) cells have, thus far, not been implicated in this process. Here, we evaluated the role of Tr1 cells specific for an epitope derived from the cell wall glucanase Crf-1 of A. fumigatus (Crf-1/p41) in antifungal immunity. We identified Crf-1/p41-specific latent-associated \(peptide^+\) Tr1 cells in healthy humans and mice after vaccination with Crf-1/p41+zymosan. These cells produced high amounts of interleukin (IL)-10 and suppressed the expansion of antigen-specific T cells in vitro and in vivo. In mice, in vivo differentiation of Tr1 cells was dependent on the presence of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor, c-Maf and IL-27. Moreover, in comparison to Tr1 cells, \(Foxp3^+\) \(iT_{reg}\) that recognize the same epitope were induced in an interferon gamma-type inflammatory environment and more potently suppressed innate immune cell activities. Overall, our data show that Tr1 cells are involved in the maintenance of antifungal immune homeostasis, and most likely play a distinct, yet complementary, role compared with \(Foxp3^+\) \(iT_{reg}\).
Herstellung und Charakterisierung von Halbleiterbauelementen für die integrierte Quantenphotonik
(2014)
Der Schwerpunkt dieser Arbeit liegt auf der Entwicklung quantenphotonischer Komponenten, welche für eine monolithische Integration auf einem Halbleiter-Chip geeignet sind. Das GaAs-Materialsystem stellt für solch einen optischen Schaltkreis die ideale Plattform dar, weil es flexible Einzelphotonenquellen bereithält und mittels ausgereifter Technologien auf vielfältige Weise prozessiert werden kann.
Als Photonenemitter werden Quantenpunkte genutzt. Man kann sie mit komplexen Bauelementen kombinieren, um ihre optischen Eigenschaften weiter zu verbessern.
Im Rahmen dieser Arbeit konnte eine erhöhte Effizienz der Photonenemission beobachtet werden, wenn Quantenpunkte in Wellenleiter eingebaut werden, die durch photonische Kristalle gebildet werden. Die reduzierte Gruppengeschwindigkeit die diesem Effekt zugrunde liegt konnte anhand des Modenspektrums von kurzen Wellenleitern nachgewiesen werden. Durch zeitaufgelöste Messungen konnte ermittelt werden, dass die Zerfallszeit der spontanen Emission um einen Faktor von 1,7 erhöht wird, wenn die Emitter zur Mode spektrale Resonanz aufweisen. Damit verbunden ist eine sehr hohe Modeneinkopplungseffizienz von 80%.
Das Experiment wurde erweitert, indem die zuvor undotierte Membran des Wellenleiters durch eine Diodenstruktur ersetzt und elektrische Kontakte ergänzt wurden. Durch Anlegen von elektrischen Feldern konnte die Emissionsenergie der Quantenpunkte über einen weiten spektralen Bereich von etwa 7meV abgestimmt werden. Das Verfahren kann genutzt werden, um die exzitonischen Quantenpunktzustände in einen spektralen Bereich der Wellenleitermode mit besonders stark reduzierter Gruppengeschwindigkeit zu verschieben. Hierbei konnten für Purcell-Faktor und Kopplungseffizienz Bestwerte von 2,3 und 90% ermittelt werden. Mithilfe einer Autokorrelationsmessung wurde außerdem nachgewiesen, dass die Bauelemente als Emitter für einzelne Photonen geeignet sind.
Ein weiteres zentrales Thema dieser Arbeit war die Entwicklung spektraler Filterelemente. Aufgrund des selbstorganisierten Wachstums und der großen räumlichen Oberflächendichte von Quantenpunkten werden von typischen Anregungsmechanismen Photonen mit einer Vielzahl unterschiedlicher Energien erzeugt. Um die Emission eines einzelnen Quantenpunktes zu selektieren, muss der Transmissionsbereich des Filters kleiner sein als der Abstand zwischen benachbarten Spektrallinien. Ein Filter konnte durch die Variation des effektiven Brechungsindex entlang von indexgeführten Wellenleitern realisiert werden. Es wurde untersucht wie sich die optischen Eigenschaften durch strukturelle Anpassungen verbessern lassen. Ein weiterer Ansatz wurde mithilfe photonischer Kristalle umgesetzt. Es wurde gezeigt, dass der Filter hierbei eine hohe Güte von 1700 erreicht und gleichzeitig die Emission des Quantenpunkt-Ensembles abgetrennt werden kann. Die Bauelemente wurden so konzipiert, dass die im photonischen Kristall geführten Moden effizient in indexgeführte Stegwellenleiter einkoppeln können.
Ein Teil dieser Arbeit beschäftigte sich zudem mit den Auswirkungen von anisotropen Verspannungen auf die exzitonischen Zustände der Quantenpunkte. Besonders starke Verspannungsfelder konnten induziert werden, wenn der aktive Teil der Bauelemente vom Halbleitersubstrat abgetrennt wurde. Dies wurde durch ein neu entwickeltes Fabrikationsverfahren ermöglicht.
Infolgedessen konnten die Emissionsenergien reversibel um mehr als 5meV abgestimmt werden, ohne dass die optischen Eigenschaften signifikant beeinträchtigt wurden.
Die auf den aktiven Teil der Probe wirkende Verspannung wurde durch die Anwendung verschiedener Modelle abgeschätzt. Darüberhinaus wurde gezeigt, dass durch Verspannungen der spektrale Abstand zwischen den Emissionen von Exziton und Biexziton gezielt beeinflusst werden kann. Die Kontrolle dieser exzitonischen Bindungsenergie kann für die Erzeugung quantenmechanisch verschränkter Photonen genutzt werden. Dieses Ziel kann auch durch die Reduzierung der Feinstrukturaufspaltung des Exzitons erreicht werden. Die experimentell untersuchten Quantenpunkte weisen Feinstrukturaufspaltungen in der Größenordnung von 100meV auf. Durch genau angepasste Verspannungsfelder konnte der Wert erheblich auf 5,1meV verringert werden. Beim Durchfahren des Energieminimums der Feinstrukturaufspaltung wurde eine Drehung der Polarisationsrichtung um nahezu 90° beobachtet. Desweiteren wurde ein Zusammenhang des Polarisationsgrades mit der Feinstrukturaufspaltung nachgewiesen.
Es wurde ein weiterer Prozessablauf entworfen, um komplexe Halbleiterstrukturen auf piezoelektrische Elemente übertragen zu können. Damit war es möglich den Einfluss der Verspannungsfelder auf Systeme aus Quantenpunkten und Mikroresonatoren zu untersuchen. Zunächst wurde demonstriert, dass die Modenaufspaltung von Mikrosäulenresonatoren reversibel angepasst werden kann. Dies ist ebenfalls von Interesse für die Erzeugung polarisationsverschränkter Photonen. An Resonatoren aus photonischen Kristallen konnte schließlich gezeigt werden, dass das Verhältnis der spektralen Abstimmbarkeiten von exzitonischen Emissionslinien und Resonatormode etwa fünf beträgt, sodass beide Linien in Resonanz gebracht werden können. Dieses Verhalten konnte zur Beeinflussung der Licht-Materie-Wechselwirkung genutzt werden.
Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is an aggressive, virus-associated, neuroendocrine tumor of the skin mainly affecting immunocompromised patients. Higher intratumoral infiltration with CD3 and CD8 positive T-cells is associated with a better prognosis, highlighting the relevance of the immune system for MCC development and progression. In this study 21 primary MCCs were stained with immune cell markers including CD3, CD4, CD8, CD68, CD20, and S100. Furthermore, tumor-infiltrating neutrophils, tertiary lymphoid structures and PD-L1 expression were analyzed and correlated with overall and recurrence free survival. All MCCs were Merkel Cell Polyomavirus positive. Overall and recurrence-free survival did not correlate with intra-and peritumoral CD3 and CD8 T-cell infiltration. In addition, no significant association regarding prognosis was found for tumor-associated neutrophils, tumor-associated macrophages or PD-L1 positivity in MCCs. Interestingly, the presence of tertiary lymphoid structures (TLS) in the tumor microenvironment significantly correlated with recurrence-free survival (P=0.025). In addition, TLS were significantly associated with a higher CD8/CD4 ratio in the tumor periphery (P=0.032), but not in the center of the tumor (P > 0.999). These results demonstrate for the first time that TLS, easily assessed in paraffin-embedded tissue in the tumor periphery of MCCs, may be a valuable prognostic factor indicating prolonged recurrence free survival.
Atherosklerose ist eine chronisch-entzündliche Gefäßerkrankung. Dabei sind alle entscheidenden Zellen des angeborenen und adaptiven Immunsystems involviert. Besonders dendritische Zellen (DCs) expandieren subendothelial während der Progression einer Atherosklerose. Diese können Antigene aufnehmen und daraufhin Zytokine produzieren oder andere Immunzellen aktivieren. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) sind kleine nicht-kodierende Stränge aus Ribonukleinsäure, welche als weitere Ebene der Genregulation wichtige Zellvorgänge beeinflussen können. Diese Arbeit zeigt mögliche Zielproteine des miRNA 17-92 Clusters in dendritischen Zellen auf und schlägt mögliche Modelle vor, wie dadurch Zellvorgänge von DCs in der Atherosklerose reguliert werden könnten.
Ständig kontrollieren wir das Ergebnis unserer Handlungen. Ist das Ergebnis ein anderes als erwartet, wird dies als Fehler erkannt und es erfolgt dann der Versuch, das Verhalten entsprechend anzupassen. Die zugrunde liegenden elektrophysiologischen Korrelate können mittels Ereignis-korrelierter Potentiale untersucht werden (ERN, „error-related negativity“ und Pe, „error positivity“). Offenkundige und latente Dysfunktionen der Handlungsüberwachung, die unter anderem durch pathologische Veränderungen der kortikalen Exzitabilität bedingt werden, konnten bei Patienten mit neurologischen und psychiatrischen Erkrankungen beobachtet werden. Die Modulation der für die Fehlerverarbeitung relevanten Hirnregionen des medialen präfrontalen Kortex wäre deshalb wünschenswert und soll in der vorliegenden Arbeit untersucht werden. Eine Möglichkeit zur Modulation zerebraler Erregbarkeit stellt die Transkranielle Gleichstromstimulation (tDCS) dar. In unserer Untersuchung haben wir den Effekt von tDCS bei 48 gesunden Teilnehmern getestet, die drei Gruppen randomisiert zugeordnet wurden (anodale, kathodale und SHAM-Stimulation). Während einer 22-minütigen Stimulation mit tDCS über dem medialen frontalen Kortex führten die Probanden eine modifizierte Eriksen Flanker Aufgabe aus. Parallel dazu wurde ein EEG zur Analysierung der ERN und Pe aufgenommen. Es konnte gezeigt werden, dass kathodale Stimulation im Vergleich zu anodaler und SHAM Stimulation die Amplitude von Subkomponenten der Pe verringert, während kein Effekt auf die ERN nachgewiesen werden konnte. Bei der Untersuchung der Modulation der Fehlerverarbeitung durch transkranielle Stimulation mit tDCS konnten wir somit Hinweise auf einen kathodal-inhibitorischen Effekt auf die kortikale Exzitabilität bei gesunden Probanden finden, was Perspektiven für eine zukünftige Modulation der zugrunde liegenden neuronalen Netzwerke eröffnet. Trotzdem werden weitere Studien notwendig sein, um zu klären, inwieweit der Effekt auf die späte Pe auch von funktioneller Relevanz ist. Zukünftige Studien werden die (Patho)physiologie zugrunde liegender Fehlerüberwachungssysteme auf Zell- und Systemebene weiter untersuchen müssen, um eine Optimierung der stimulations-induzierten Effekte erreichen zu können und um tDCS als eine mögliche wertvolle Therapieoption für Patienten mit Dysfunktionen der Fehlerverarbeitung etablieren zu können.
An in vivo model of antiangiogenic therapy allowed us to identify genes upregulated by bevacizumab treatment, including Fatty Acid Binding Protein 3 (FABP3) and FABP7, both of which are involved in fatty acid uptake. In vitro, both were induced by hypoxia in a hypoxia-inducible factor-1 alpha (HIF-1 alpha)-dependent manner. There was a significant lipid droplet (LD) accumulation in hypoxia that was time and O-2 concentration dependent. Knockdown of endogenous expression of FABP3, FABP7, or Adipophilin (an essential LD structural component) significantly impaired LD formation under hypoxia. We showed that LD accumulation is due to FABP3/7-dependent fatty acid uptake while de novo fatty acid synthesis is repressed in hypoxia. We also showed that ATP production occurs via beta-oxidation or glycogen degradation in a cell-type-dependent manner in hypoxia-reoxygenation. Finally, inhibition of lipid storage reduced protection against reactive oxygen species toxicity, decreased the survival of cells subjected to hypoxia-reoxygenation in vitro, and strongly impaired tumorigenesis in vivo.
Escherichia coli α-hemolysin (HlyA) is a pore-forming protein of 110 kDa belonging to the family of RTX toxins. A hydrophobic region between the amino acid residues 238 and 410 in the N-terminal half of HlyA has previously been suggested to form hydrophobic and/or amphipathic α-helices and has been shown to be important for hemolytic activity and pore formation in biological and artificial membranes. The structure of the HlyA transmembrane channel is, however, largely unknown. For further investigation of the channel structure, we deleted in HlyA different stretches of amino acids that could form amphipathic β-strands according to secondary structure predictions (residues 71–110, 158–167, 180–203, and 264–286). These deletions resulted in HlyA mutants with strongly reduced hemolytic activity. Lipid bilayer measurements demonstrated that HlyAΔ71–110 and HlyAΔ264–286 formed channels with much smaller single-channel conductance than wildtype HlyA, whereas their channel-forming activity was virtually as high as that of the wildtype toxin. HlyAΔ158–167 and HlyAΔ180–203 were unable to form defined channels in lipid bilayers. Calculations based on the single-channel data indicated that the channels generated by HlyAΔ71–110 and HlyAΔ264–286 had a smaller size (diameter about 1.4 to 1.8 nm) than wildtype HlyA channels (diameter about 2.0 to 2.6 nm), suggesting that in these mutants part of the channel-forming domain was removed. Osmotic protection experiments with erythrocytes confirmed that HlyA, HlyAΔ71–110, and HlyAΔ264–286 form defined transmembrane pores and suggested channel diameters that largely agreed with those estimated from the single-channel data. Taken together, these results suggest that the channel-forming domain of HlyA might contain β-strands, possibly in addition to α-helical structures.
In this thesis, we investigate aspects of the physics of heavy-fermion systems and correlated topological insulators.
We numerically solve the interacting Hamiltonians that model the physical systems using quantum Monte Carlo algorithms
to access both ground-state and finite-temperature observables.
Initially, we focus on the metamagnetic transition in the Kondo lattice model for heavy fermions.
On the basis of the dynamical mean-field theory and the dynamical cluster approximation,
our calculations point towards a continuous transition, where the signatures of metamagnetism are linked to a Lifshitz transition of heavy-fermion bands.
In the second part of the thesis, we study various aspects of magnetic pi fluxes in the Kane-Mele-Hubbard model of a correlated topological insulator.
We describe a numerical measurement of the topological index, based on the localized mid-gap states that are provided by pi flux insertions.
Furthermore, we take advantage of the intrinsic spin degree of freedom of a pi flux to devise instances of interacting quantum spin systems.
In the third part of the thesis, we introduce and characterize the Kane-Mele-Hubbard model on the pi flux honeycomb lattice.
We place particular emphasis on the correlations effects along the one-dimensional boundary of the lattice and
compare results from a bosonization study with finite-size quantum Monte Carlo simulations.
Hintergrund
Jede Implantation alloplastischer Materialien führt durch Aktivierung der körpereigenen Immunabwehr zu einer Fremdkörperreaktion. An der Synthese der Extrazellulärmatrix und der entstehenden Kollagenkapsel sind insbesondere Makrophagen und Fibroblasten beteiligt. Diese Reaktionen können die Material-Funktionsfähigkeit abschwächen, aufheben oder zu deren operativer Entfernung zwingen.
Fragestellung und Ziele
Spinnenseide ist ein Material mit hoher Biokompatibilität. Nachdem es gelungen ist, Spinnenseide rekombinant herzustellen, soll untersucht werden, wie sich die Verträglichkeit alloplastischer Materialien durch eine Beschichtung mit biotechnologisch hergestellter Spinnenseide beeinflussen lässt.
Eine weitere Möglichkeit ist der TGF-β-Synthese-Inhibitor Halofuginon, der ebenfalls hinsichtlich seiner Potenz, die Ausbildung einer Fibrosekapsel zu vermindern, untersucht werden soll.
Methodik
Anhand von in-vitro-Untersuchungen wurden die bei der Fremdkörperreaktion beteiligten Zelltypen auf ihr Proliferationsverhalten und die Expression unterschiedlicher Genprodukte hinsichtlich bestehender Unterschiede zwischen den jeweiligen Oberflächenbeschichtungen untersucht. Es wurden immunhistochemische Färbungen zum Nachweis spezifischer Oberflächenantigene, Bestimmungen von ATP- und DNA-Gehalt als Maß für die Zellzahl, sowie molekulargenetische Untersuchungen hinsichtlich der Expression relevanter Markergene (rtPCR) durchgeführt.
Ergebnisse
Eine Beschichtung mit rekombinanter Spinnseide führt - im Vergleich zu reinen Silikonimplantaten - zu einer verzögerten und reduzierten Immunreaktion. Die EZM-Synthese und die damit verbundene fremdkörperassoziierte Fibrose werden vermindert und so die Biokompatibilität alloplastischer Materialien gesteigert.
Galectin-1 (hGal-1) is overexpressed by numerous cancer types and previously conducted studies confirmed that the β-galactoside-binding protein mediates various molecular interactions associated with tumor growth, spread and survival. Upon interaction with carbohydrate-based binding epitopes of glycan structures on human cell surfaces galectin-1 induces proliferative, angiogenetic and migratory signals and modulates negative T cell regulation which essentially helps the tumor to evade the immune response. These findings attributed galectin-1 a pivotal role in tumor physiology and strongly suggest the protein as target for diagnostic and therapeutic applications.
Within the scope of this work a strategy was elaborated for designing tailor-made galectin-1 ligands by functionalizing selected hydroxyl groups of the natural binding partner N-acetyllactosamine (LacNAc) that are not involved in the sophisticated interplay between the disaccharide and the protein. Synthetic modifications intended to introduce chemical groups i) to address a potential binding site adjacent to the carbohydrate recognition domain (CRD) with extended hGal-1-ligand interactions, ii) to implement a tracer isotope for diagnostic detection and iii) to install a linker unit for immobilization on microarrays.
Resulting structures were investigated regarding their targeting ability towards galectin-1 by cocrystallization experiments, SPR and ITC studies. Potent binders were further probed for their diagnostic potential to trace elevated galectin-1 levels in microarray experiments and for an application in positron emission tomography (PET).
Aminoborylenkomplexe der Gruppe 6 [(OC)5M=BN(SiMe3)2] (M = Cr, Mo, W) reagieren mit Übergangsmetallkomplexen unter Transfer der Boryleneinheit bzw. in Transmetallierungsreaktionen und bilden dabei neuartige Borylenkomplexe. In dieser Dissertation wird die Synthese, Charakterisierung und Reaktivität der auf diesem Wege dargestellten Verbindungen - unter anderem Hydridoborylenkomplexe, Bis(borylen)komplexe und borylensubstituierte MOLPs - beschrieben.
Bedeutung der NO-sensitiven Guanylyl Cyclase bei der Angiogenese und der Arteriogenese in der Maus
(2014)
Stickstoffmonoxid (NO) spielt eine wichtige Rolle bei Gefäßremodelling-Prozessen wie Angiogenese und Arteriogenese. Die NO-Synthese im Gefäßsystem wird hauptsächlich durch die endotheliale NO-Synthase (eNOS) gewährleistet. Sie kann durch verschiedene Faktoren wie Scherkräfte und Zytokine wie der vaskuläre endotheliale Wachstumsfaktor (VEGF) reguliert werden. VEGF ist ein wichtiger Stimulator der Angiogenese und wird während dieses Prozesses hochreguliert. Die meisten physiologischen Effekte von NO werden durch die NO-sensitive Guanylyl-Cyclase (NO-GC) vermittelt. Als Hauptrezeptor für NO produziert die NO-GC den sekundären Botenstoff cyklisches Guanosinmonophosphat (cGMP) und führt dadurch zur Stimulation der verschiedenen Effektoren wie z.B. der PKG. Ob die Wirkung von NO in Angiogenese und Arteriogenese ebenfalls durch NO-GC vermittelt wird, war bis zum Beginn dieser Arbeit noch unklar.
Die NO-GC besteht aus zwei Untereinheiten (α und ß). Die Deletion der ß1-Untereinheit in Mäusen resultiert in einer vollständigen Knockout Maus (GCKO). Mithilfe des Cre-LoxP-Systems wurden zusätzlich zellspezifische Knockout-Mäuse für glatte Muskelzellen (SMC-GCKO) und Endothelzellen (EC-GCKO) generiert. Um die Rolle der NO-GC in der Angiogenese und Arteriogenese zu untersuchen, wurden drei gut etablierte Methoden benutzt.
Im ersten Teil des Projekts sollte die Expression der NO-GC in Endothelzellen untersucht werden. Zu diesem Zweck wurde die reverse Transkriptase-Polymerase-Kettenreaktion (RT-PCR) benutzt. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass die NO-GC in Endothelzellen der Lunge nur äußerst gering wenig exprimiert ist. Durch den Aortenring-Assay wurde eine Rolle der NO-GC bei der VEGF-vermittelten Angiogenese festgestellt. Dabei zeigte sich eine stärkere Angiogeneserate bei globaler Abwesenheit der NO-GC. Bei Fehlen der NO-GC ausschließlich in Endothelzellen zeigte sich kein Unterschied in den aussprossenden Aorten im Vergleich zu den Kontroll-Tieren. Dies zeigt, dass die NO-GC in Endothelzellen sehr wahrscheinlich keine Rolle bei der VEGF-vermittelten Angiogenese spielt.
Im zweiten Teil wurde die Rolle der NO-GC bei der Angiogenese in einem in vivo-Modell untersucht. In dem Modell der Sauerstoff-induzierten-Retinopathie zeigten die GCKO-Mäuse eine verringerte Vaso-Obliteration, eine verlangsamte Angiogenese und eine erhöhte Tuft-Bildung. Ähnliche Ergebnisse wurden bei den SMC-GCKO-Tieren beobachtet. EC-GCKO-Mäuse zeigten eine gegenüber den Kontroll-Tieren unveränderte Vaso-Obliteration, Angiogeneserate und Tuft-Bildung. Diese Ergebnisse lassen darauf schließen, dass die NO-GC in Endothelzellen keine Rolle spielt. Immunfluoreszenz-Aufnahmen zeigten die Expression von NO-GC in Perizyten der Gefäßkapillaren der Mausretina. Daher könnte die NO-GC in diesem Zelltyp letztendlich für die Effekte bei den GCKO- und SMC-GCKO-Tieren verantwortlich sein.
Im letzten Teil dieser Arbeit wurde eine Versuchsreihe unter Anwendung des Hinterlauf-Ischämie-Modells durchgeführt. Hierbei entwickelten die Pfoten aller GCKO- und teilweise der SMC-GCKO-Tiere nach der Ligation der Femoralarterie eine Nekrose. Die Regeneration der Hinterläufe der EC-GCKO-Tiere nach der Operation verlief normal. Diese Ergebnisse schließen eine bedeutende Rolle der NO-GC in Endothelzellen aus, zeigen allerdings, dass die NO-GC in den glatten Muskelzellen essentiell für den Arteriogenese-Prozess ist.
Zusammengefasst führt die Deletion der NO-GC in glatten Muskelzellen und wahrscheinlich auch in Perizyten zur einer verlangsamten Angiogenese und Inhibierung der Arteriogenese.
In dieser Arbeit wurde die Erstfunktionalisierung des Diamanten durch die Diels-Alder-Reaktion realisiert und anschließend ein Thiol als weiterführende Bindungsstelle etabliert. Die Thiolfunktion konnte in einer radikalischen Reaktion mit einem terminalen Alken umgesetzt werden. Als Reaktionspartner wurde ein Allylglucosid synthetisiert und mit Hilfe eines Radikalstarters an den Diamanten gebunden. Für nicht-radikalische Verknüpfungsreaktionen eines vorfunktionalisierten Diamanten mit dem Zielmolekül konnte die Diazoniumsalz-Methode genutzt werden. Die Wahl der 4 Aminobenzoesäure als Edukt der Reaktion erlaubte in einer einstufigen Reaktion die Einführung einer Carbonsäuregruppe auf der Oberfläche. Durch Umsetzung mit einem Amin (Mannosecluster) konnte eine stabile Amidbindung erzeugt werden. Die erhaltenen Saccharid-Diamant-Konjugate wurden anschließend auf deren Inhibitionsvermögen gegenüber Escherichia coli getestet. Um eine Erweiterung der Methoden zur stabilen Erstfunktionalisierung der Diamantoberfläche zu erreichen, wurde untersucht ob die aus der Fulleren-Chemie bekannte Bingel-Hirsch-Reaktion auf Nanodiamant übertragbar ist. Für die Untersuchungen am Diamanten wurden unterschiedliche Malonsäurederivate eingesetzt, welche signifikante Banden im Infrarotspektrum besitzen, um eine eindeutige Funktionalisierung nachweisen zu können.
In den vergangenen Jahren wurden vermehrt sogenannte Alginatersatzmaterialien für Indikationsbereiche entwickelt, für die bislang hauptsächlich Alginate verwendet wurden. In dieser in-vitro Studie wurden acht Alginatersatzmaterialien auf Basis von additionsvernetzenden Silikonen und vier Alginate auf ausgewählte mechanische Werkstoffeigenschaften hin untersucht, um beide Materialarten zu vergleichen und daraus Anwendungsempfehlungen ableiten zu können. Die getesteten Alginate waren Alginoplast Regular Set, Blueprint XCreme, Jeltrate Regular Set und Xantalgin select Fast Set. Die getesteten A-Silikone waren AlgiNot FS Cartridge und Volume, AlginX Ultra Cartridge, Position Penta, Silginat, Status Blue, Xantasil Cartridge und Dynamix fast set. Dabei wurden folgenden Materialeigenschaften untersucht: Verformung unter Druck, Rückstellung nach Verformung, Detailwiedergabegenauigkeit, Dimensionsstabilität, Reißfestigkeit, -dehnung, -energie, Toughness, E-Modul und Homogenität. Die Messverfahren, die verwendet wurden, sind in den Normen DIN EN ISO 4823, DIN EN 21563 und DIN 53504 beschrieben. Zur Messung der Dimensionsstabilität wurde ein neues Verfahren angewendet. Der Vergleich der Homogenität richtete sich nach rein optischen Kriterien der abgebundenen Abformmaterialien.
Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass die getesteten Alginatsubstitute gegenüber den Alginaten vorteilhafte Eigenschaften besitzen. Alginate sind gegenüber äußeren Kräften nicht annähernd so widerstandsfähig wie Silikone und lassen sich bei gleicher Krafteinwirkung stärker komprimieren (Verformung unter Druck). Alginate sind leichter, aber weniger weit dehnbar (Reißdehnung). Die Alginate reißen bei deutlich geringerer Zugbelastung (Reißfestigkeit), vor allem in Bereichen, in denen das Abformmaterial nur dünn ausgelaufen ist (Toughness). Die elastische Rückstellungsrate der Alginate und von AlgiNot nach Druckbelastung liegt zwar noch im Normbereich, ist jedoch deutlich geringer als bei den anderen Silikonen, welche eine nahezu vollständige Rückstellung aufweisen. Sowohl Silikone als auch Alginate sind prinzipiell in der Lage, auch feinste Strukturen von 20µm Breite gut abzuformen (Detailwiedergabegenauigkeit). Der Versuch zur Messung der Dimensionsänderung zeigt, dass Alginatabformungen selbst unter optimalen Lagerungsbedingungen bereits nach weniger als 24 Stunden so stark geschrumpft sind, dass es ratsam ist die Abformung zu wiederholen. Die Silikone können mit Ausnahme von Silginat mindesten 14 Tage gelagert werden. Für Silginatabformungen wird eine Lagerungsdauer von maximal sieben Tagen empfohlen. Die Beobachtungen zur Homogenität der angemischten Materialien lassen schließen, dass Silikone bei Verwendung von Automischmaschinen besser und gleichmäßiger vermischt werden.
Aufgrund der besseren Materialeigenschaften eignen sich Alginatsubstitute vor allem für Abformungen, die über längere Zeit gelagert werden müssen, bevor ein Gipsmodell hergestellt werden kann und haben den Vorteil, dass aus einer Abformung mehrere Modelle hergestellt werden können. Für die meisten Indikationen genügen die Eigenschaften der Alginate zur Herstellung hinreichend genauer Modelle. Alginate haben außerdem den Vorteil, dass Abformungen mit deutlich geringerer Kraft aus dem Mund entnommen werden können.
Theories of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) aetiology have placed a focus on impaired behavioural inhibition presumably leading to executive function (EF) deficits. Neuroimaging studies report neurophysiological findings consistent with these hypothesised impairments, and investigations of functional brain activation from a network perspective report hypoactivation in the frontoparietal network as well as hyperactivation in the dorsal attention network. Studies investigating the acute effects of stimulant medication on EF show an improvement on behavioural EF measures including working memory. In addition, methylphenidate (MPH) was shown to up-regulate the task-positive/ frontoparietal network in children and adolescents with ADHD. So far, there are only few studies investigating the impact of ADHD on behavioural and neurophysiological EF measures as well as the effect of several weeks of stimulant medication in adult patients.
The importance of the catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) enzyme for subcortical and cortical dopaminergic and noradrenergic functioning furthermore led to studies investigating a potential interactive impact of COMT genotype and ADHD on neuropsychological functioning, with a particular focus on working memory. The results of these studies were very heterogeneous. In addition, as none of the studies compared the results of ADHD patients to those of a healthy control group, possible differential effects of COMT in patients and healthy controls could not be examined.
The aim of this dissertation was to investigate selective attention properties of the central executive component during a working memory task and to transfer this task to fMRI. A third study then aimed to investigate the effects of adult ADHD (aADHD), MPH, and COMT genotype on working memory with a particular focus on activation of the task-positive network during the analysis of the fMRI data.
The first study (EEG) could replicate and extend the results from previous research. This study could furthermore connect the overall activation in frontal areas to suppression efficiency in posterior visual areas as well as establish the impact of hyperactive/ impulsive ADHD symptoms on task performance. The second study (fMRI) allowed the successful transfer of the paradigm to fMRI, and the further replication and extension of previous findings. In addition, this study showed the sensitivity of the task to the effects of the COMT genotype. The third study (fMRI) was one of the first studies that exploratorily investigated the effects COMT in a sample of aADHD patients and a comparable healthy control group. This study showed an interactive effect of these two factors on neuropsychological measures as well as on fMRI activation during a classic n-back working memory task. In addition, this task led to more activation in the task-positive network of the aADHD group compared to a healthy control group in the absence of performance differences, pointing towards compensatory activation in the aADHD group. Furthermore, activation in the frontal cortex was increased in patients taking MPH compared to a placebo. The fMRI data from the selective attention task moreover showed decreased activation in the right DLPFC of the patient group, which was associated with reduced suppression efficiency across all participants. The clinical effect of MPH in the third study was visible but did not reach significance, which is probably attributable to a lack of experimental power.
The studies in this dissertation could successfully replicate and extend previous findings. A goal for future studies should be the further investigation of the interactive effects of COMT genotype and aADHD on neuropsychological test results and fMRI activation, but also on medication response and adverse effects. In this context, the adaptation of a network perspective during the analysis of fMRI data seems to be the best way to detect existing between-group differences.
Extraintestinal pathogenic and intestinal pathogenic (diarrheagenic) Escherichia coli differ phylogenetically and by virulence profiles. Classic theory teaches simple linear descent in this species, where non-pathogens acquire virulence traits and emerge as pathogens. However, diarrheagenic Shiga toxin-producing E.coli (STEC) O2:H6 not only possess and express virulence factors associated with diarrheagenic and uropathogenic E.coli but also cause diarrhea and urinary tract infections. These organisms are phylogenetically positioned between members of an intestinal pathogenic group (STEC) and extraintestinal pathogenic E.coli. STEC O2:H6 is, therefore, a 'heteropathogen,' and the first such hybrid virulent E.coli identified. The phylogeny of these E.coli and the repertoire of virulence traits they possess compel consideration of an alternate view of pathogen emergence, whereby one pathogroup of E.coli undergoes phased metamorphosis into another. By understanding the evolutionary mechanisms of bacterial pathogens, rational strategies for counteracting their detrimental effects on humans can be developed.
Die geplante Ausrottung der Masern bis 2020 und die damit eventuell einhergehende Beendigung der Masernimpfung könnten die Voraussetzungen dafür schaffen, dass andere Morbilliviren, wie beispielsweise das Hundestaupevirus (CDV), einen Wirtswechsel zum Menschen vollbringen könnten. CDV ist ein hoch ansteckendes Pathogen und besitzt einen weiten Wirtstropismus, der sich aktuell immer weiter ausbreitet. Im Gegensatz dazu kann das Masernvirus (MV) nahezu ausschließlich Menschen und nur sehr bedingt wenige Affenarten infizieren.
In dieser Doktorarbeit konnte gezeigt werden, dass eine Adaptierung des rekombinanten wildtypischen CDV-Stammes CDV-75/17red an den humanen Rezeptor SLAM (signaling lymphocytic activation molecule, CD150) reproduzierbar und innerhalb weniger Passagen erfolgt. Bei der Adaptierung an das humane SLAM ist dabei nur eine Mutation in dem Gen für das virale Hämagglutinin notwendig. Diese Mutation an Position 8697 von A zu G im viralen Genom (Aminosäure D540G im Hämagglutinin) konnte reproduzierbar detektiert werden, obwohl veröffentlicht wurde, dass unterschiedliche Mutationen im Hämagglutinin verschiedener CDV-Stämme eine SLAM-Adaptierung ermöglichen. Die Mutation D540G im Hämagglutinin des humanen SLAM-adaptierten CDV-A75/17red kompensiert eine negative Ladung der Aminosäure 71E, die speziesspezifisch im humanen SLAM vorhanden ist. Durch Wachstumskinetiken konnte belegt werden, dass das an humanes SLAM-adaptierte CDV-A75/17red auch weiterhin das canine SLAM effizient verwendet. Ein weiterer Eintrittsrezeptor, humanes Nectin4, konnte mit demselben CDV-Stamm ohne adaptive Mutation in den viralen Hüllproteingenen benutzt werden.
Wachstumskurven auf verschiedenen humanen B-Lymphozyten Zelllinien zeigen allerdings, dass eine alleinige Adaptierung an die humanen Wirtszellrezeptoren, für eine effiziente Virusreplikation, nicht ausreicht. Damit das CDV die Speziesbarriere durchbrechen kann, muss offenbar ein weiterer Adaptierungsprozess an die humanen Wirtszellen erfolgen, der voraussichtlich mit umfangreicheren Mutationen des viralen Genoms einhergehen würde.
Diese Ergebnisse unterstreichen, dass intrinsische Faktoren und das angeborene Immunsystem eine wichtige Barriere bilden und den Menschen vor einer CDV-Infektion schützen. Allerdings würde eine Fortführung der MV-Impfung auch nach Ausrottung der Masern, aufgrund der Kreuzreaktivität gegen andere Morbilliviren, den Schutz vor einer möglichen Adaptierung eines Morbillivirus, wie CDV, an den Menschen deutlich verstärken.
Untersuchungen zum antikanzerogenen Potenzial von Targetstrukturen im Stoffwechsel von Tumorzellen
(2014)
In der Onkologie bleibt das grundlegende Ziel, neue Strukturen zu identifizieren und ihre Eignung für therapeutische Ansätze zu prüfen. Seit einigen Jahren wird der Stoffwechsel von Tumoren als zur Entwicklung neuer Therapiestrategien untersucht, nachdem dieser bereits Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts im Fokus des wissenschaftlichen Interesses stand. So berichtete der Nobelpreisträger Otto Warburg bereits im Jahr 1923 über eine starke Bildung von Milchsäure an Gewebeschnitten solider Tumoren in Gegenwart von Sauerstoff. Für diese Eigenschaft von Tumoren, die bei normalen Körperzellen nicht beobachtet wird, hat sich die Bezeichnung „Warburg-Effekt“ durchgesetzt, der als Anpassung an die in soliden Tumoren vorherrschenden Sauerstoffbedingungen interpretiert wird.
Der Warburg-Effekt führt dazu, dass Tumorzellen einen so genannten glykolytische Stoffwechsel aufweisen, der durch einen hohen Glukoseumsatz in der Glykolyse und eine massive Bildung von Laktat charakterisiert ist. Wird die Tumorzelle daran gehindert, die für die Glykolyse notwendigen Reduktionsäquivalente mit Hilfe der Laktatdehydrogenase zu reoxidieren, verringert sich der Umsatz von Glukose über die Glykolyse und die Tumorzelle gerät in ein Energiedefizit. Wird die Tumorzelle daran gehindert, Laktat aus dem Zellinne-ren über die Transporter MCT1 und MCT4 nach außen zu schleusen, so kommt es zu einer intrazellulären Übersäuerung. Beide Strategien führen zum Zelltod. Als Hemmstoff für die Zielstruktur Laktatdehydrogenase wurde Natri-umoxamat (NaOx) und als Hemmstoff für die Zielstruktur MCT1 bzw. MCT4 wurde α-Cyano-4-Hydroxyzimtsäure (CHC) gewählt. Ihre Wirkung auf die Zellvitalität und den Zellstoffwechsel wurde an der Zervixkarzinomzelllinie SiHa und der kolorektalen Adenokarzinomzelllinie WiDr untersucht, die beide sowohl die Laktatdehydrogenase LDH-A als auch die Monocarboxylat-Transporter MCT1 und MCT4 exprimieren. Die Untersuchungen zum Tumorstoffwechsel wurden bei Sauerstoffkonzentrationen von 5 % und 1 % durchgeführt.
Bei SiHa war die Hemmung des Laktatexports durch den MCT-Inhibitor CHC erfolgreich und bewirkte eine starke Inhibition des Zellwachstums auch in Hypoxie (1 % Sauerstoff). Die Inkubation mit CHC führte bereits nach 48 Stunden zu zelltoxischen Effekten; nach 120 Stunden lag der Anteil vitaler Zellen nur noch bei 50 %. Die CHC-vermittelte Hemmung der MCT verringerte bei SiHa den Verbrauch an Glukose um ca. 50 % und die Produktion von Laktat um ca. 40 % nach 24 Stunden. Auch bei WiDr wurden durch CHC ausgelöste zelltoxische Effekte bereits nach 24 Stunden beobachtet.
Die Hemmung der Laktatdehydrogenase verminderte in beiden Tumorzelllinien eindeutig die Laktatbildung und gleichzeitig den Glukoseverbrauch um mehr als 50 % innerhalb von 24 Stunden. Dabei nahm die Wirksamkeit der LDH-Inhibition mit abnehmender Sauerstoffkonzentration zu. Während das Zellwachstum bei 5 % Sauerstoff verzögert war, nahm bei 1 % Sauerstoff der Anteil vitaler Zellen um ca. 50 % ab.
Die Daten zur Kombination aus Natriumoxamat und 5-FU belegen, dass die Inhibition der Laktatdehydrogenase die Wirksamkeit von 5-FU erhöht und dass diese Kombination nicht nur bei 21 % Sauerstoff wirksam ist, sondern auch bei der für Tumoren physiologisch relevanteren Sauerstoffkonzentration von 1 %.
Die Ergebnisse der vorliegenden Arbeit bestätigen als „proof of concept“, dass die Hemmung der Laktatdehydrogenase und der MCT zur Inhibition des glykolytischen Stoffwechsels von Tumorzellen führt. Weitere Untersuchungen sind zweifelsohne notwendig, um die molekularen Mechanismen im Detail zu verstehen, doch scheinen beide Strategien über das prinzipielle Potential zur Entwicklung einer neuartigen Form der Krebstherapie zu verfügen. Dabei wird sicherlich von Bedeutung sein, dass beide Strategien insbesondere in Hypoxie, in der die Wirksamkeit von Chemotherapeutika und Strahlentherapie begrenzt ist, ebenfalls Effekte aufweisen.
Purpose: To compare a novel combined acquisition technique (CAT) of turbo-spin-echo (TSE) and echo-planar-imaging (EPI) with conventional TSE. CAT reduces the electromagnetic energy load transmitted for spin excitation. This radiofrequency (RF) burden is limited by the specific absorption rate (SAR) for patient safety. SAR limits restrict high-field MRI applications, in particular.
Material and Methods: The study was approved by the local Medical Ethics Committee. Written informed consent was obtained from all participants. T2- and PD-weighted brain images of n = 40 Multiple Sclerosis (MS) patients were acquired by CAT and TSE at 3 Tesla. Lesions were recorded by two blinded, board-certificated neuroradiologists. Diagnostic equivalence of CAT and TSE to detect MS lesions was evaluated along with their SAR, sound pressure level (SPL) and sensations of acoustic noise, heating, vibration and peripheral nerve stimulation.
Results: Every MS lesion revealed on TSE was detected by CAT according to both raters (Cohen's kappa of within-rater/across-CAT/TSE lesion detection kappa(CAT) = 1.00, at an inter-rater lesion detection agreement of kappa(LES) = 0.82). CAT reduced the SAR burden significantly compared to TSE (p<0.001). Mean SAR differences between TSE and CAT were 29.0 (+/- 5.7) % for the T2-contrast and 32.7 (+/- 21.9) % for the PD-contrast (expressed as percentages of the effective SAR limit of 3.2 W/kg for head examinations). Average SPL of CAT was no louder than during TSE. Sensations of CAT-vs. TSE-induced heating, noise and scanning vibrations did not differ.
Conclusion: T2-/PD-CAT is diagnostically equivalent to TSE for MS lesion detection yet substantially reduces the RF exposure. Such SAR reduction facilitates high-field MRI applications at 3 Tesla or above and corresponding protocol standardizations but CAT can also be used to scan faster, at higher resolution or with more slices. According to our data, CAT is no more uncomfortable than TSE scanning.
Background: RNA-seq and its variant differential RNA-seq (dRNA-seq) are today routine methods for transcriptome analysis in bacteria. While expression profiling and transcriptional start site prediction are standard tasks today, the problem of identifying transcriptional units in a genome-wide fashion is still not solved for prokaryotic systems.
Results: We present RNASEG, an algorithm for the prediction of transcriptional units based on dRNA-seq data. A key feature of the algorithm is that, based on the data, it distinguishes between transcribed and un-transcribed genomic segments. Furthermore, the program provides many different predictions in a single run, which can be used to infer the significance of transcriptional units in a consensus procedure. We show the performance of our method based on a well-studied dRNA-seq data set for Helicobacter pylori.
Conclusions: With our algorithm it is possible to identify operons and 5'- and 3'-UTRs in an automated fashion. This alleviates the need for labour intensive manual inspection and enables large-scale studies in the area of comparative transcriptomics.
Background: Persistent pain after inguinal herniorrhaphy is a disabling condition with a lack of evidence-based pharmacological treatment options. This randomized placebo-controlled trial investigated the efficacy of a capsaicin 8% cutaneous patch in the treatment of severe persistent inguinal postherniorrhaphy pain. Methods: Forty-six patients with persistent inguinal postherniorrhaphy pain were randomized to receive either a capsaicin 8% patch or a placebo patch. Pain intensity (Numerical Rating Scale [NRS 0-10]) was evaluated under standardized conditions (at rest, during movement, and during pressure) at baseline and at 1, 2 and 3 months after patch application. Skin punch biopsies for intraepidermal nerve fiber density (IENFD) measurements were taken at baseline and 1 month after patch application. Quantitative sensory testing was performed at baseline and at 1, 2, and 3 months after patch application. The primary outcome was comparisons of summed pain intensity differences (SPIDs) between capsaicin and placebo treatments at 1, 2 and 3 months after patch application (significance level P<0.01). Results: The maximum difference in SPID, between capsaicin and placebo treatments, was observed at 1 month after patch application, but the pain reduction was not significant (NRS, mean difference [95% CI]: 5.0 [0.09 to 9.9]; P=0.046). No differences in SPID between treatments were observed at 2 and 3 months after patch application. Changes in IENFD on the pain side, from baseline to 1 month after patch application, did not differ between capsaicin and placebo treatment: 1.9 [-0.1 to 3.9] and 0.6 [-1.2 to 2.5] fibers/mm, respectively (P=0.32). No significant changes in sensory function, sleep quality or psychological factors were associated with capsaicin patch treatment. Conclusions: The study did not demonstrate significant differences in pain relief between capsaicin and placebo treatment, although a trend toward pain improvement in capsaicin treated patients was observed 1 month after patch application.
Guidelines are increasingly determining the decision process in day-to-day clinical work. Guidelines describe the current best possible standard in diagnostics and therapy. They should be developed by an international panel of experts, whereby alongside individual experience, above all, the results of comparative studies are decisive. According to the results of high-ranking scientific studies published in peer-reviewed journals, statements and recommendations are formulated, and these are graded strictly according to the criteria of evidence-based medicine. Guidelines can therefore be valuable in helping particularly the young surgeon in his or her day-to-day work to find the best decision for the patient when confronted with a wide and confusing range of options. However, even experienced surgeons benefit because by virtue of a heavy workload and commitment, they often find it difficult to keep up with the ever-increasing published literature. All guidelines require regular updating, usually every 3 years, in line with progress in the field. The current Guidelines focus on technique and perioperative management of laparoscopic ventral hernia repair and constitute the first comprehensive guidelines on this topic. In this issue of Surgical Endoscopy, the first part of the Guidelines is published including sections on basics, indication for surgery, perioperative management, and key points of technique. The next part (Part 2) of the Guidelines will address complications and comparisons between open and laparoscopic techniques. Part 3 will cover mesh technology, hernia prophylaxis, technique-related issues, new technologic developments, lumbar and other unusual hernias, and training/education.
Guidelines are increasingly determining the decision process in day-to-day clinical work. Guidelines describe the current best possible standard in diagnostics and therapy. They should be developed by an international panel of experts, whereby alongside individual experience, above all, the results of comparative studies are decisive. According to the results of high-ranking scientific studies published in peer-reviewed journals, statements and recommendations are formulated, and these are graded strictly according to the criteria of evidence-based medicine. Guidelines can therefore be valuable in helping particularly the young surgeon in his or her day-to-day work to find the best decision for the patient when confronted with a wide and confusing range of options. However, even experienced surgeons benefit because by virtue of a heavy workload and commitment, they often find it difficult to keep up with the ever-increasing published literature. All guidelines require regular updating, usually every 3 years, in line with progress in the field. The current Guidelines focus on technique and perioperative management of laparoscopic ventral hernia repair and constitute the first comprehensive guidelines on this topic. In this issue of Surgical Endoscopy, the first part of the Guidelines is published including sections on basics, indication for surgery, perioperative management, and key points of technique. The next part (Part 2) of the Guidelines will address complications and comparisons between open and laparoscopic techniques. Part 3 will cover mesh technology, hernia prophylaxis, technique-related issues, new technologic developments, lumbar and other unusual hernias, and training/education.
Guidelines are increasingly determining the decision process in day-to-day clinical work. Guidelines describe the current best possible standard in diagnostics and therapy. They should be developed by an international panel of experts, whereby alongside individual experience, above all, the results of comparative studies are decisive. According to the results of high-ranking scientific studies published in peer-reviewed journals, statements and recommendations are formulated, and these are graded strictly according to the criteria of evidence-based medicine. Guidelines can therefore be valuable in helping particularly the young surgeon in his or her day-to-day work to find the best decision for the patient when confronted with a wide and confusing range of options. However, even experienced surgeons benefit because by virtue of a heavy workload and commitment, they often find it difficult to keep up with the ever-increasing published literature. All guidelines require regular updating, usually every 3 years, in line with progress in the field. The current Guidelines focus on technique and perioperative management of laparoscopic ventral hernia repair and constitute the first comprehensive guidelines on this topic. In this issue of Surgical Endoscopy, the first part of the Guidelines is published including sections on basics, indication for surgery, perioperative management, and key points of technique. The next part (Part 2) of the Guidelines will address complications and comparisons between open and laparoscopic techniques. Part 3 will cover mesh technology, hernia prophylaxis, technique-related issues, new technologic developments, lumbar and other unusual hernias, and training/education.
Synapsins are conserved synapse-associated hosphoproteins involved in the fine regulation of neurotransmitter release. The aim of the present project is to study the phosphorylation of synapsins and the distribution of phospho-synapsin in the brain of Drosophila melanogaster.
Three antibodies served as important tools in this work, a monoclonal antibody (3C11/α-Syn) that recognizes all known synapsin isoforms and two antisera against phosphorylated synapsin peptides (antiserum PSyn(S6) against phospho-serine 6 and antiserum PSyn(S464) against phospho-serine 464). These antisera were recently generated in collaboration with Bertram Gerber and Eurogentec. ...
Our current environment is characterized by the omnipresence of food cues. The sight and smell of real foods, but also graphically depictions of appetizing foods, can guide our eating behavior, for example, by eliciting food craving and influencing food choice. The relevance of visual food cues on human information processing has been demonstrated by a growing body of studies employing food images across the disciplines of psychology, medicine, and neuroscience. However, currently used food image sets vary considerably across laboratories and image characteristics (contrast, brightness, etc.) and food composition (calories, macronutrients, etc.) are often unspecified. These factors might have contributed to some of the inconsistencies of this research. To remedy this, we developed food-pics, a picture database comprising 568 food images and 315 non-food images along with detailed meta-data. A total of N = 1988 individuals with large variance in age and weight from German speaking countries and North America provided normative ratings of valence, arousal, palatability, desire to eat, recognizability and visual complexity. Furthermore, data on macronutrients (g), energy density (kcal), and physical image characteristics (color composition, contrast, brightness, size, complexity) are provided. The food-pics image database is freely available under the creative commons license with the hope that the set will facilitate standardization and comparability across studies and advance experimental research on the determinants of eating behavior. Read F
Background: Higher plasma D-dimer levels are strong predictors of mortality in HIV+ individuals. The factors associated with D-dimer levels during HIV infection, however, remain poorly understood.
Methods: In this cross-sectional study, participants in three randomized controlled trials with measured D-dimer levels were included (N = 9,848). Factors associated with D-dimer were identified by linear regression. Covariates investigated were: age, gender, race, body mass index, nadir and baseline CD4(+) count, plasma HIV RNA levels, markers of inflammation (C-reactive protein [CRP], interleukin-6 [IL-6]), antiretroviral therapy (ART) use, ART regimens, co-morbidities (hepatitis B/C, diabetes mellitus, prior cardiovascular disease), smoking, renal function (estimated glomerular filtration rate [eGFR] and cystatin C) and cholesterol.
Results: Women from all age groups had higher D-dimer levels than men, though a steeper increase of D-dimer with age occurred in men. Hepatitis B/C co-infection was the only co-morbidity associated with higher D-dimer levels. In this subgroup, the degree of hepatic fibrosis, as demonstrated by higher hyaluronic acid levels, but not viral load of hepatitis viruses, was positively correlated with D-dimer. Other factors independently associated with higher D-dimer levels were black race, higher plasma HIV RNA levels, being off ART at baseline, and increased levels of CRP, IL-6 and cystatin C. In contrast, higher baseline CD4+ counts and higher high-density lipoprotein cholesterol were negatively correlated with D-dimer levels.
Conclusions: D-dimer levels increase with age in HIV+ men, but are already elevated in women at an early age due to reasons other than a higher burden of concomitant diseases. In hepatitis B/C co-infected individuals, hepatic fibrosis, but not hepatitis viral load, was associated with higher D-dimer levels.
Background
Repeated sprint performance is determined by explosive production of power, as well as rapid recovery between successive sprints, and there is evidence that compression garments and sports taping can improve both of these factors.
Methods
In each of two sub-studies, female athletes performed two sets of 30 30-m sprints (one sprint per minute), one set wearing compression garment with adhesive silicone stripes (CGSS) intended to mimic taping and the other with normal clothing, in randomized order. Sub-study 1 (n = 12) focused on cardio-respiratory, metabolic, hemodynamic and perceptual responses, while neuronal and biomechanical parameters were examined in sub-study 2 (n = 12).
Results
In both sub-studies the CGSS improved repeated sprint performance during the final 10 sprints (best P < 0.01, d = 0.61). None of the cardio-respiratory or metabolic variables monitored were altered by wearing this garment (best P = 0.06, d = 0.71). Also during the final 10 sprints, rating of perceived exertion by the upper leg muscles was reduced (P = 0.01, d = 1.1), step length increased (P = 0.01, d = 0.91) and activation of the m. rectus femoris elevated (P = 0.01, d = 1.24), while the hip flexion angle was lowered throughout the protocol (best P < 0.01, d = 2.28) and step frequency (best P = 0.34, d = 0.2) remained unaltered.
Conclusion
Although the physiological parameters monitored were unchanged, the CGSS appears to improve performance during 30 30-m repeated sprints by reducing perceived exertion and altering running technique.
Background
Repeated sprint performance is determined by explosive production of power, as well as rapid recovery between successive sprints, and there is evidence that compression garments and sports taping can improve both of these factors.
Methods
In each of two sub-studies, female athletes performed two sets of 30 30-m sprints (one sprint per minute), one set wearing compression garment with adhesive silicone stripes (CGSS) intended to mimic taping and the other with normal clothing, in randomized order. Sub-study 1 (n = 12) focused on cardio-respiratory, metabolic, hemodynamic and perceptual responses, while neuronal and biomechanical parameters were examined in sub-study 2 (n = 12).
Results
In both sub-studies the CGSS improved repeated sprint performance during the final 10 sprints (best P < 0.01, d = 0.61). None of the cardio-respiratory or metabolic variables monitored were altered by wearing this garment (best P = 0.06, d = 0.71). Also during the final 10 sprints, rating of perceived exertion by the upper leg muscles was reduced (P = 0.01, d = 1.1), step length increased (P = 0.01, d = 0.91) and activation of the m. rectus femoris elevated (P = 0.01, d = 1.24), while the hip flexion angle was lowered throughout the protocol (best P < 0.01, d = 2.28) and step frequency (best P = 0.34, d = 0.2) remained unaltered.
Conclusion
Although the physiological parameters monitored were unchanged, the CGSS appears to improve performance during 30 30-m repeated sprints by reducing perceived exertion and altering running technique.
The nature of dark matter and the origin of the baryon asymmetry are two of the deepest mysteries of modern particle physics. In the absence of hints regarding a possible solution to these mysteries, many approaches have been developed to tackle them simultaneously leading to very diverse and rich models. We give a short review where we describe the general features of some of these models and an overview on the general problem. We also propose a diagrammatic notation to label the different models.
INTRODUCTION: Recently, we could show that angiotensin II, the reactive peptide of the blood pressure-regulating renin-angiotensin-aldosterone-system, causes the formation of reactive oxygen species and DNA damage in kidneys and hearts of hypertensive mice. To further investigate on the one hand the mechanism of DNA damage caused by angiotensin II, and on the other hand possible intervention strategies against end-organ damage, the effects of substances interfering with the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone-system on angiotensin II-induced genomic damage were studied.
METHODS: In C57BL/6-mice, hypertension was induced by infusion of 600 ng/kg • min angiotensin II. The animals were additionally treated with the angiotensin II type 1 receptor blocker candesartan, the mineralocorticoid receptor blocker eplerenone and the antioxidant tempol. DNA damage and the activation of transcription factors were studied by immunohistochemistry and protein expression analysis.
RESULTS: Administration of angiotensin II led to a significant increase of blood pressure, decreased only by candesartan. In kidneys and hearts of angiotensin II-treated animals, significant oxidative stress could be detected (1.5-fold over control). The redox-sensitive transcription factors Nrf2 and NF-κB were activated in the kidney by angiotensin II-treatment (4- and 3-fold over control, respectively) and reduced by all interventions. In kidneys and hearts an increase of DNA damage (3- and 2-fold over control, respectively) and of DNA repair (3-fold over control) was found. These effects were ameliorated by all interventions in both organs. Consistently, candesartan and tempol were more effective than eplerenone.
CONCLUSION: Angiotensin II-induced DNA damage is caused by angiotensin II type 1 receptor-mediated formation of oxidative stress in vivo. The angiotensin II-mediated physiological increase of aldosterone adds to the DNA-damaging effects. Blocking angiotensin II and mineralocorticoid receptors therefore has beneficial effects on end-organ damage independent of blood pressure normalization.
In this letter we study the influence of temperature and excitation power on the emission linewidth from site-controlled InGaAs/GaAs quantum dots grown on nanoholes defined by electron beam lithography and wet chemical etching. We identify thermal electron activation as well as direct exciton loss as the dominant intensity quenching channels. Additionally, we carefully analyze the effects of optical and acoustic phonons as well as close-by defects on the emission linewidth by means of temperature and power dependent micro-photoluminescence on single quantum dots with large pitches. (C) 2014 Author(s).
In the molecular structure of the dinuclear title compound \([η^5-(C_5(CH_3)_5)(CO)Fe{(μ-BCl)(μ-CO)}PtCl(P(C_6H_{11})_3)]·C_6H_6\), the two metal atoms, iron(II) and platinum(II), are bridged by one carbonyl (μ-CO) and one chloridoborylene ligand (μ-BCl). The \(Pt^{II}\) atom is additionally bound to a chloride ligand situated trans to the bridging borylene, and a tricyclohexylphosphane ligand \((PCy_3)\) trans to the carbonyl ligand, forming a distorted square-planar structural motif at the \(Pt^{II}\) atom. The \(Fe_{II}\) atom is bound to a pentamethylcyclopentadienyl ligand \([η^5-C_5(CH_3)_5]\) and one carbonyl ligand (CO), forming a piano-stool structure. Additionally, one benzene solvent molecule is incorporated into the crystal structure, positioned staggered relative to the pentamethylcyclopentadienyl ligand at the \(Fe^{II}\) atom, with a centroid–centroid separation of 3.630 (2) Å.
Agricultural Policies Exacerbate Honeybee Pollination Service Supply-Demand Mismatches Across Europe
(2014)
Declines in insect pollinators across Europe have raised concerns about the supply of pollination services to agriculture. Simultaneously, EU agricultural and biofuel policies have encouraged substantial growth in the cultivated area of insect pollinated crops across the continent. Using data from 41 European countries, this study demonstrates that the recommended number of honeybees required to provide crop pollination across Europe has risen 4.9 times as fast as honeybee stocks between 2005 and 2010. Consequently, honeybee stocks were insufficient to supply >90% of demands in 22 countries studied. These findings raise concerns about the capacity of many countries to cope with major losses of wild pollinators and highlight numerous critical gaps in current understanding of pollination service supplies and demands, pointing to a pressing need for further research into this issue.
Background
The metacestode of the tapeworm Echinococcus multilocularis is the causative agent of alveolar echinococcosis, a lethal zoonosis. Infections are initiated through establishment of parasite larvae within the intermediate host’s liver, where high concentrations of insulin are present, followed by tumour-like growth of the metacestode in host organs. The molecular mechanisms determining the organ tropism of E. multilocularis or the influences of host hormones on parasite proliferation are poorly understood.
Results
Using in vitro cultivation systems for parasite larvae we show that physiological concentrations (10 nM) of human insulin significantly stimulate the formation of metacestode larvae from parasite stem cells and promote asexual growth of the metacestode. Addition of human insulin to parasite larvae led to increased glucose uptake and enhanced phosphorylation of Echinococcus insulin signalling components, including an insulin receptor-like kinase, EmIR1, for which we demonstrate predominant expression in the parasite’s glycogen storage cells. We also characterized a second insulin receptor family member, EmIR2, and demonstrated interaction of its ligand binding domain with human insulin in the yeast two-hybrid system. Addition of an insulin receptor inhibitor resulted in metacestode killing, prevented metacestode development from parasite stem cells, and impaired the activation of insulin signalling pathways through host insulin.
Conclusions
Our data indicate that host insulin acts as a stimulant for parasite development within the host liver and that E. multilocularis senses the host hormone through an evolutionarily conserved insulin signalling pathway. Hormonal host-parasite cross-communication, facilitated by the relatively close phylogenetic relationship between E. multilocularis and its mammalian hosts, thus appears to be important in the pathology of alveolar echinococcosis. This contributes to a closer understanding of organ tropism and parasite persistence in larval cestode infections. Furthermore, our data show that Echinococcus insulin signalling pathways are promising targets for the development of novel drugs.
Background
Alveolar echinococcosis (AE), caused by the metacestode of the tapeworm Echinococcus multilocularis, is a lethal zoonosis associated with host immunomodulation. T helper cells are instrumental to control the disease in the host. Whereas Th1 cells can restrict parasite proliferation, Th2 immune responses are associated with parasite proliferation. Although the early phase of host colonization by E. multilocularis is dominated by a potentially parasitocidal Th1 immune response, the molecular basis of this response is unknown.
Principal Findings
We describe EmTIP, an E. multilocularis homologue of the human T-cell immunomodulatory protein, TIP. By immunohistochemistry we show EmTIP localization to the intercellular space within parasite larvae. Immunoprecipitation and Western blot experiments revealed the presence of EmTIP in the excretory/secretory (E/S) products of parasite primary cell cultures, representing the early developing metacestode, but not in those of mature metacestode vesicles. Using an in vitro T-cell stimulation assay, we found that primary cell E/S products promoted interferon (IFN)-γ release by murine CD4+ T-cells, whereas metacestode E/S products did not. IFN-γ release by T-cells exposed to parasite products was abrogated by an anti-EmTIP antibody. When recombinantly expressed, EmTIP promoted IFN-γ release by CD4+ T-cells in vitro. After incubation with anti-EmTIP antibody, primary cells showed an impaired ability to proliferate and to form metacestode vesicles in vitro.
Conclusions
We provide for the first time a possible explanation for the early Th1 response observed during E. multilocularis infections. Our data indicate that parasite primary cells release a T-cell immunomodulatory protein, EmTIP, capable of promoting IFN-γ release by CD4+ T-cells, which is probably driving or supporting the onset of the early Th1 response during AE. The impairment of primary cell proliferation and the inhibition of metacestode vesicle formation by anti-EmTIP antibodies suggest that this factor fulfills an important role in early E. multilocularis development within the intermediate host.
The life-threatening diseases alveolar and cystic echinococcoses are caused by larvae of the tapeworms Echinococcus multilocularis and E. granulosus, respectively. In both cases, intermediate hosts, such as humans, are infected by oral uptake of oncosphere larvae, followed by asexual multiplication and almost unrestricted growth of the metacestode within host organs. Besides surgery, echinococcosis treatment relies on benzimidazole-based chemotherapy, directed against parasite beta-tubulin. However, since beta-tubulins are highly similar between cestodes and humans, benzimidazoles can only be applied at parasitostatic doses and are associated with adverse side effects. Mostly aiming at identifying alternative drug targets, the nuclear genome sequences of E. multilocularis and E. granulosus have recently been characterized, revealing a large number of druggable targets that are expressed by the metacestode. Furthermore, recent cell biological investigations have demonstrated that E. multilocularis employs pluripotent stem cells, called germinative cells, which are the only parasite cells capable of proliferation and which give rise to all differentiated cells. Hence, the germinative cells are the crucial cell type mediating proliferation of E. multilocularis, and most likely also E. granulosus, within host organs and should also be responsible for parasite recurrence upon discontinuation of chemotherapy. Interestingly, recent investigations have also indicated that germinative cells might be less sensitive to chemotherapy because they express a beta-tubulin isoform with limited affinity to benzimidazoles. In this article, we briefly review the recent findings concerning Echinococcus genomics and stem cell research and propose that future research into anti-echinococcosis drugs should also focus on the parasite’s stem cell population.
The unique stem cell system of the immortal larva of the human parasite Echinococcus multilocularis
(2014)
Background
It is believed that in tapeworms a separate population of undifferentiated cells, the germinative cells, is the only source of cell proliferation throughout the life cycle (similar to the neoblasts of free living flatworms). In Echinococcus multilocularis, the metacestode larval stage has a unique development, growing continuously like a mass of vesicles that infiltrate the tissues of the intermediate host, generating multiple protoscoleces by asexual budding. This unique proliferation potential indicates the existence of stem cells that are totipotent and have the ability for extensive self-renewal.
Results
We show that only the germinative cells proliferate in the larval vesicles and in primary cell cultures that undergo complete vesicle regeneration, by using a combination of morphological criteria and by developing molecular markers of differentiated cell types. The germinative cells are homogeneous in morphology but heterogeneous at the molecular level, since only sub-populations express homologs of the post-transcriptional regulators nanos and argonaute. Important differences are observed between the expression patterns of selected neoblast marker genes of other flatworms and the E. multilocularis germinative cells, including widespread expression in E. multilocularis of some genes that are neoblast-specific in planarians. Hydroxyurea treatment results in the depletion of germinative cells in larval vesicles, and after recovery following hydroxyurea treatment, surviving proliferating cells grow as patches that suggest extensive self-renewal potential for individual germinative cells.
Conclusions
In E. multilocularis metacestodes, the germinative cells are the only proliferating cells, presumably driving the continuous growth of the larval vesicles. However, the existence of sub-populations of the germinative cells is strongly supported by our data. Although the germinative cells are very similar to the neoblasts of other flatworms in function and in undifferentiated morphology, their unique gene expression pattern and the evolutionary loss of conserved stem cells regulators suggest that important differences in their physiology exist, which could be related to the unique biology of E. multilocularis larvae.
New vaccines targeting meningococci expressing serogroup B polysaccharide have been developed, with some being licensed in Europe. Coverage depends on the distribution of disease-associated genotypes, which may vary by age. It is well established that a small number of hyperinvasive lineages account for most disease, and these lineages are associated with particular antigens, including vaccine candidates. A collection of 4,048 representative meningococcal disease isolates from 18 European countries, collected over a 3-year period, were characterized by multilocus sequence typing (MLST). Age data were available for 3,147 isolates. The proportions of hyperinvasive lineages, identified as particular clonal complexes (ccs) by MLST, differed among age groups. Subjects <1 year of age experienced lower risk of sequence type 11 (ST-11) cc, ST-32 cc, and ST-269 cc disease and higher risk of disease due to unassigned STs, 1- to 4-year-olds experienced lower risk of ST-11 cc and ST-32 cc disease, 5- to 14-year-olds were less likely to experience ST-11 cc and ST-269 cc disease, and ≥25-year-olds were more likely to experience disease due to less common ccs and unassigned STs. Younger and older subjects were vulnerable to a more diverse set of genotypes, indicating the more clonal nature of genotypes affecting adolescents and young adults. Knowledge of temporal and spatial diversity and the dynamics of meningococcal populations is essential for disease control by vaccines, as coverage is lineage specific. The nonrandom age distribution of hyperinvasive lineages has consequences for the design and implementation of vaccines, as different variants, or perhaps targets, may be required for different age groups.
Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are two of the most common neuropsychiatric diseases in paediatric populations. The high comorbidity of ADHD and OCD with each other, especially of ADHD in paediatric OCD, is well described. OCD and ADHD often follow a chronic course with persistent rates of at least 40–50 %. Family studies showed high heritability in ADHD and OCD, and some genetic findings showed similar variants for both disorders of the same pathogenetic mechanisms, whereas other genetic findings may differentiate between ADHD and OCD. Neuropsychological and neuroimaging studies suggest that partly similar executive functions are affected in both disorders. The deficits in the corresponding brain networks may be responsible for the perseverative, compulsive symptoms in OCD but also for the disinhibited and impulsive symptoms characterizing ADHD. This article reviews the current literature of neuroimaging, neurochemical circuitry, neuropsychological and genetic findings considering similarities as well as differences between OCD and ADHD.
Shaping and spatiotemporal characterization of sub-10-fs pulses focused by a high-NA objective
(2014)
We describe a setup consisting of a 4 f pulse shaper and a microscope with a high-NA objective lens and discuss the spects most relevant for an undistorted spatiotemporal profile of the focused beam. We demonstrate shaper-assisted pulse compression in focus to a sub-10-fs duration using phase-resolved interferometric spectral modulation (PRISM). We introduce a nanostructure-based method for sub-diffraction spatiotemporal characterization of strongly focused pulses. The distortions caused by optical aberrations and space–time coupling from the shaper can be reduced by careful setup design and alignment to about 10 nm in space and 1 fs in time.
Background: Stimulation of CD40 can augment anti-cancer T cell immune responses by triggering effective activation and maturation of antigen-presenting cells (APCs). Although CD40 agonists have clinical activity in humans, the associated systemic activation of the immune system triggers dose-limiting side-effects.
Methods: To increase the tumor selectivity of CD40 agonist-based therapies, we developed an approach in which soluble trimeric CD40L (sCD40L) is genetically fused to tumor targeting antibody fragments, yielding scFv: CD40L fusion proteins. We hypothesized that scFv: CD40L fusion proteins would have reduced CD40 agonist activity similar to sCD40L but will be converted to a highly agonistic membrane CD40L-like form of CD40L upon anchoring to cell surface exposed antigen via the scFv domain.
Results: Targeted delivery of CD40L to the carcinoma marker EpCAM on carcinoma cells induced dose-dependent paracrine maturation of DCs similar to 20-fold more effective than a non-targeted control scFv: CD40L fusion protein. Similarly, targeted delivery of CD40L to the B cell leukemia marker CD20 induced effective paracrine maturation of DCs. Of note, the CD20-selective delivery of CD40L also triggered loss of cell viability in certain B cell leukemic cell lines as a result of CD20-induced apoptosis.
Conclusions: Targeted delivery of CD40L to cancer cells is a promising strategy that may help to trigger cancer-localized activation of CD40 and can be modified to exert additional anti-cancer activity via the targeting domain.
Cancer stem cell (CSC) biology and tumor immunology have shaped our understanding of tumorigenesis. However, we still do not fully understand why tumors can be contained but not eliminated by the immune system and whether rare CSCs are required for tumor propagation. Long latency or recurrence periods have been described for most tumors. Conceptually, this requires a subset of malignant cells which is capable of initiating tumors, but is neither eliminated by immune cells nor able to grow straight into overt tumors. These criteria would be fulfilled by CSCs. Stem cells are pluripotent, immune-privileged, and long-living, but depend on specialized niches. Thus, latent tumors may be maintained by a niche-constrained reservoir of long-living CSCs that are exempt from immunosurveillance while niche-independent and more immunogenic daughter cells are constantly eliminated. The small subpopulation of CSCs is often held responsible for tumor initiation, metastasis, and recurrence. Experimentally, this hypothesis was supported by the observation that only this subset can propagate tumors in non-obese diabetic/scid mice, which lack T and B cells. Yet, the concept was challenged when an unexpectedly large proportion of melanoma cells were found to be capable of seeding complex tumors in mice which further lack NK cells. Moreover, the link between stem cell-like properties and tumorigenicity was not sustained in these highly immunodeficient animals. In humans, however, tumor-propagating cells must also escape from immune-mediated destruction. The ability to persist and to initiate neoplastic growth in the presence of immunosurveillance - which would be lost in a maximally immunodeficient animal model - could hence be a decisive criterion for CSCs. Consequently, integrating scientific insight from stem cell biology and tumor immunology to build a new concept of "CSC immunology" may help to reconcile the outlined contradictions and to improve our understanding of tumorigenesis.
Recently a new state of matter was discovered in which the bulk insulating state in a material is accompanied by conducting surface or edge states. This new state of matter can be distinguished from a conventional insulator phase by the topological properties of its band structure which led to the name "topological insulators". Experimentally, topological insulator states are mostly found in systems characterized by a band inversion compared to conventional systems. In most topological insulator systems, this is caused by a combination of energetically close bands and spin orbit coupling. Such properties are found in systems with heavy elements like Hg and Bi. And indeed, the first experimental discovery of a topological insulator succeeded in HgTe quantum wells and later also in BiSb bulk systems.
Topological insulators are of large interest due to their unique properties: In 2-dimensional topological insulators one dimensional edge states form without the need of an external magnetic field (in contrast to the quantum Hall effect). These edge states feature a linear band dispersion, a so called Dirac dispersion. The quantum spin Hall states are helical edge states, which means they consist of counterpropagating oppositely spin polarized edge channels. They are therefore of great potential for spintronic applications as well as building blocks for new more exotic states like Majorana Fermions. 3-dimensional topological insulators feature 2-dimensional surface states with only one Dirac band (also called Dirac cone) on each surface and an interesting spin texture where spin and momentum are locked perpendicular to each other in the surface plane. This unique surface band structure is predicted to be able to host several exotic states like e.g. Majorana Fermions (in combination with superconductors) and magnetic monopole like excitations.
This PhD thesis will summarize the discovery of topological insulators and highlights the developments on their experimental observations. The work focuses on HgTe which is up to now the only topological insulator material where the expected properties are unambiguously demonstrated in transport experiments. In HgTe, the topological insulator properties arise from the inversion of the Gamma_6 and Gamma_8 bands. The band inversion in HgTe is due to a combination of a high spin orbit splitting in Te and large energy corrections (due to the mass-velocity term) to the energy levels in Hg. Bulk HgTe, however, is a semimetal, which means for the conversion into a topological insulator a band gap has to be opened. In two dimensions (HgTe quantum well structures) this is achieved via quantum confinement, which opens a band gap between the quantum well subbands. In three dimensions, strain is used to lift the degeneracy of the semimetallic Gamma_8 bands opening up a band gap.
The thesis is structured as follows:
- The first chapter of this thesis will give a brief overview on discoveries in the field of topological insulators. It focuses on works relevant to experimental results presented in the following chapters. This includes a short outline of the early predictions and a summary of important results concerning 2-dimensional topological insulators while the final section discusses observations concerning 3-dimensional topological insulators.
- The discovery of the quantum spin Hall effect in HgTe marked the first experimental observation of a topological insulator. Chapter 2 will focus on HgTe quantum wells and the quantum spin Hall effect.
Above a critical thickness, HgTe quantum wells are predicted to host the quantum spin Hall state, the signature of a 2-dimensional topological insulator. HgTe quantum wells exhibiting low carrier concentrations and at the same time high carrier mobilities are required to be able to measure the quantum spin Hall effect. The growth of such high quality HgTe quantum wells was one of the major goals for this work. Continuous optimization of the substrate preparation and growth conditions resulted in controlled carrier densities down to a few 10^10 cm^-2. At the same time, carrier mobilities exceeding 1 x 10^6 cm^2/Vs have been achieved, which provides mean free paths of several micrometers in the material. Thus the first experimental evidence for the existence of the quantum spin Hall edge states succeeded in transport experiments on microstructures: When the Fermi energy was located in the bulk band gap a residual quantized resistance of 2e^2/h was found. Further experiments focused on investigating the nature of transport in this regime. By non-local measurements the edge state character could be established. The measured non-local resistances corresponded well with predictions from the Landauer-Büttiker theory applied to transport in helical edge channels.
In a final set of experiments the spin polarization of the edge channels was investigated. Here, we could make use of the advantage that HgTe quantum well structures exhibit a large Rashba spin orbit splitting. In systems with a large Rashba spin orbit splitting a spin accumulation is expected to occur at the edge of the sample perpendicular to a current flow. This so-called spin Hall effect was then used as a spin injector and detector. Using split gate devices it was possible to bring spin Hall and quantum spin Hall state into direct contact, which enabled an all electrical detection of the spin polarization of the quantum spin Hall edge channels.
- HgTe as a 3-dimensional topological insulator will be presented in chapter 3. Straining the HgTe layer enables the observation of topological insulator behavior. It was found that strain can be easily implemented during growth by using CdTe substrates. CdTe has a slightly larger lattice constant than HgTe and therefore leads to tensile strain in the HgTe layer as long as the growth is pseudomorphic. Magnetotransport studies showed the emergence of quantum Hall transport with characteristic signatures of a Dirac type bandstructure. Thus, this result marks the first observation of the quantum Hall effect in the surface states of a 3-dimensional topological insulator.
Transport experiments on samples fitted with a top gate enabled the identification of contributions from individual surfaces. Furthermore, the surface state quantum Hall effect was found to be surprisingly stable, perturbations due to additional bulk transport could not be found, even at high carrier densities of the system.
- Chapters 4 - 6 serve as in depth overviews of selected works: Chapter 4 presents a detailed overview on the all electrical detection of the spin Hall effect in HgTe quantum wells. The detection of the spin polarization of the quantum spin Hall effect is shown in chapter 5 and chapter 6 gives a detailed overview on the quantum Hall effect originating from the topological surface state in strained bulk HgTe.
The investigations discussed in this thesis pioneered the experimental work on the transport properties of topological insulator systems. The understanding of the fundamental properties of topological insulators enables new experiments in which e.g. the inclusion of magnetic dopants or the interplay between topological insulator and superconductors can be investigated in detail.
We report magnetotransport studies on a gated strained HgTe device. This material is a three-dimensional topological insulator and exclusively shows surface-state transport. Remarkably, the Landau-level dispersion and the accuracy of the Hall quantization remain unchanged over a wide density range (3×1011 cm−2<n<2×1012 cm−2). These observations imply that even at large carrier densities, the transport is surface-state dominated, where bulk transport would have been expected to coexist already. Moreover, the density dependence of the Dirac-type quantum Hall effect allows us to identify the contributions from the individual surfaces. A k⋅p model can describe the experiments but only when assuming a steep band bending across the regions where the topological surface states are contained. This steep potential originates from the specific screening properties of Dirac systems and causes the gate voltage to influence the position of the Dirac points rather than that of the Fermi level.